Residents protest PM’s visit to Okinawa (February 28, 2012)
 Former Tokyo gov’t officials rehired by firms involved in Tsukiji transfer project (February 27, 2012)
 Ogata attends Filipino People Power Revolution ceremony (February 27, 2012)
 Small part of US base will be returned to city, partly at the city’s expense (February 26, 2012)
 Shii sends condolences to Chongryun (February 26, 2012)
 Fukushima residents submit 120,000 signatures for free medical care for children (February 25, 2012)
 Accounts of ‘comfort women’ and ‘bloodshed’ erased from Okinawa Battle monument (February 25, 2012)
 National gov’t workers suffer pay cuts while having no right to collective bargaining (February 24, 2012)
 JCP Takahashi calls for countermeasure against closure of factories (February 24, 2012)
 JCP Nagoya City Assembly members protest against mayor’s denial of Nanjing Massacre (February 23, 2012)
 Companies headed by local assembly members receive contracts from KEPCO (February 23, 2012)
 JCP Miyamoto demands that gov’t introduce grant-type scholarship programs (February 23, 2012)
 US corporate interests in TPP overshadow Japan’s economy (February 22, 2012)
 Consumption tax hike will lead to decrease in GDP and jobs (February 22, 2012)
 Top court recognizes Victor Co. independent contractors as workers under the Labor Union Law (February 22, 2012)
 Osaka City education board forgoes survey on political beliefs of teachers (February 22, 2012)
 JCP Chair Shii protests North Korea’s nuclear test (May 26, 2009)
 Furies over North Korea’s nuclear test (May 26, 2009)
 Shii answers reporters’ questions at a news conference he held to release U.S. government letter responding to his letter to Obama (May 20, 2009)
 JCP Shii meets Prime Minister Aso to request that Japan take the initiative in launching international talks  (May 21, 2009)
 Shii talks with Lower House Speaker and Upper House President  (May 22, 2009)
 JCP representatives visit embassies  (May 22, 2009 )
 Promising signs for abolition of nuclear weapons  (May 21-22, 2009)
 Organizing Committee calls for major success at this year’s World Conference against A and H Bombs (May 26, 2009)
 Hibakusha call for JCP’s cooperation for settlement of their lawsuits against government (May 26, 2009)
 Appointing Ozawa as acting president shows DPJ has no sense of accountability regarding receipt of illegal funds from Nishimatsu: JCP Shii (May 20, 2009)
 LDP and DPJ call for cut in proportional representation seats  (May 25, 2009)
 Court fails to recognize state responsibility over murder by U.S. serviceman  (May 21, 2009)
 Many Okinawans are critical of environmental impact assessment of planned U.S. air base  (May 21, 2009)
 Bilateral ‘secret agreement’ is preventing U.S. servicemen committing crimes in Japan from being prosecuted [Editorial] (May 23, 2009)
 Government diverting farm budget to construct U.S. Marine barrack on Ie-jima, Okinawa  (May 24, 2009 )
 It’s time to break away from ‘capitalism without rules’[Editorial] (May 21, 2009 )
 Panasonic created list of workers to be forced to quit job (May 22, 2009)
 Non-regular workers discuss ways to increase their struggle in national meeting in Kyoto (May 24-25, 2009 )
 Alarm at business-led agriculture and massive food imports (May 25, 2009)
 JCP calls for establishment of emergency system to address H1N1 flu infections  (May 20, 2009)
 Tokyo’s high schools cannot afford to buy library books (May 24, 2009)
 JCP holds rally aiming to achieve victory in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election and the general election (May 21, 2009)
 U.S. government appreciates JCP Chair Shii’s letter on elimination of nuclear weapons (May 20, 2009)
 JCP Vice Chair Ogata meets with Cuban Ambassador Fernandez de Cossío (May 15, 2009)
 Ogata meets with Egyptian ambassador (May 16, 2009)
 Ogata meets with Venezuelan ambassador (May 19, 2009)
 Shii says supplementary budget does not help improve people’s livelihoods and nation’s economy (May 14, 2009 )
 Ichida criticizes DPJ for its inability to come clean and make attempt to end party corruption  (May 17, 2009)
 Former DPJ leader Ozawa appointed as acting president (May 18, 2009 )
 Appointing Ozawa as acting president, the DPJ follows old-LDP politics (May 19, 2009)
 Democratic Party’s election for party leader is far from convincing the public[Editorial] (May 17, 2009)
 New DPJ leader says it’s okay to start discussing constitutional revision (May 18, 2009)
 Scholars’ analyses shows DPJ as ambivalent and immature (May 18, 2009)
 Shii: Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary’s resignation shows Aso Cabinet as incurable (May 14, 2009)