Dr. Satoshi Nakamura (far right) of the "Peshawar Association" speaks at a roundtable meeting with four opposition parties.

Dr. Satoshi Nakamura (far right) of the "Peshawar Association" speaks at a round-table meeting with four opposition parties. (From left) Ikuo Kamei, Vice Representative of the People's New Party; Yasumasa Shigeno, Secretary General of the Social Democratic Party; Masatoshi Akamine, a member of the Communist Party; and Naoto Kan, Acting Representative of the DPJ, at the Constitution Memorial Hall in Nagatacho, Tokyo, November 5, 2008 (5:16 PM); photo by Naosuke Hasegawa. On November 5, the four opposition parties, the Democratic Party of Japan, the Communist Party of Japan, the Social Democratic Party, and the People's New Party, invited Tetsu Nakamura, the local representative of the Peshawar Association, a non-governmental organization operating in Afghanistan, to a round-table meeting at the Kensei Kinenkan near the Diet in connection with a draft amendment to the new Antiterrorism Special Measures Law under discussion.