Government gives up fighting against court ruling in support of Hibakusha (June 6, 2008)
 Opposition parties jointly call for abolition of new medical system (June 5, 2008)
 101 municipal heads in Hokkaido sign petition urging G8 Summit to discuss abolition of nuclear weapons  (June 5, 2008)
 Top court grants children born to non-Japanese mothers Japanese citizenship (June 5, 2008)
 Five parties to jointly submit bill to make schools quake resistant (June 5, 2008)
 Upper House begins discussing bill to repeal medical system for elderly  (June 4, 2008)
 Government panel proposal for next FY budget is far from reducing hardships [Editorial] (June 4, 2008)
 JCP Ichida calls for a renewable energy buyback system (June 4, 2008)
 Focus on effective global cooperation to overcome food crisis[Editorial] (June 3, 2008)
 ‘Save health, atmosphere, and earth’: Day of anti-pollution action (June 3, 2008)
 A U.S. sailor arrested for inflicting injury on a man (June 3, 2008)
 Increasing rice production must include price support: Ichida (June 3, 2008)
 Recognize Hibakusha’s illnesses as linked to exposure to atomic bomb radiation [Editorial] (June 2, 2008)
 Shii rebukes Fukuda’s call for force deployment to Afghanistan (June 2, 2008)
 International forum held for solidarity to establish food sovereignty and stop global warming (June 2, 2008)
 Drive pro-cluster bomb states into corner [Editorial] (June 2, 2008 )
 U.S. puts ‘pressures’ on Japan regarding usage of imported rice (June 1, 2008)
 Osaka High Court says state’s rejection of Hibakusha applications for recognition as suffering from A-bomb diseases is illegal (May 31, 2008)
 Zenroren urges government to end heartless policy for the elderly, youth, and workers (May 31, 2008)
 Japan must stop seeking short-term profits and help to ease poverty in Africa[Editorial] (May 30, 2008)
 Civic organizations urge government to reject deployment of U.S. nuclear carrier to Yokosuka (May 30, 2008)
 U.S. sailor and Japanese government brought before court for taxi holdup (May 30, 2008)
 JCP sends money to Myanmar cyclone victims  (May 30, 2008)
 JCP delivers money for Chinese quake victims  (May 30, 2008)
 Hibakusha in Sendai also win in appeal court (May 29, 2008)
 Hibakusha demand government not appeal to final court (May 29, 2008)
 U.S. aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk leaves Yokosuka to be replaced by N-powered carrier (May 29, 2008)
 Public employee demands Tokyo Metropolitan Government pay for overtime work in back pay (May 29, 2008)
 JCP urges government to set a mid-term goal to cut greenhouse gases (May 28, 2008)
 Establish dugong sanctuary and cancel new U.S. air base plan: JCP Ichida (May 28, 2008)
 Under U.S. aircraft’s combat exercises (May 28, 2008)
 JCP Shii holds talks with union leaders over revision of the Worker Dispatch Law (May 28, 2008)
 Unions submit 410,000 signatures to opposition parties calling for Article 9 to be retained (May 28, 2008)
 Excessively long overtime work has increased risks of karoshi in the last four years  (May 27, 2008)
 Nagasaki mayor assassin sentenced to death (May 27, 2008)
 Ainu rights advocates hold rally demanding recognition as indigenous people (May 23, 2008)
 JCP to publicize its policies to reform Japan and its stance on pros and cons of capitalism (May 23, 2008)
 JCP Chair Shii meets with new Tunisian ambassador (May 23, 2008)
 Japan is willing to provide additional assistance to quake-hit China: Foreign minister (May 22, 2008)
 Nanjing Massacre survivor wins libel suit  (May 22, 2008)
 JCP demands suspension of ‘mandatory’ rice imports (May 21, 2008)
 Ichida says LDP’s overtures to DPJ over consumption tax increase is dangerous  (May 20, 2008)
 'Nominal' managers call for eradication of illegal labor practice (May 20, 2008)
 JCP congratulates Paraguay's president-elect Lugo (May 20, 2008)
 LDP is desperate to tame DPJ  (May 19, 2008)
 Japan must withdraw its proposal running counter to treaty banning cluster bombs[Editorial] (May 19, 2008)
 Japanese government’s submission to U.S. revealed in dealing with U.S. soldiers’ crimes  (May 19, 2008)
 End corrupt relations between politicians, bureaucrats, and businesses circles [Editorial] (May 18, 2008)
 LDP, Komei and DPJ block citizens’ call for referendum over deployment of U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (May 17, 2008)
 172 victims of asbestos exposure sue government and 46 companies  (May 17, 2008)