US military used Okinawa’s World Natural Heritage site as waste dump site (August 31, 2021)
 Kenkoro annual convention resolves to realize minimum hourly wage of 1,500 yen (August 30, 2021)
 JCP Yamazoe calls for creation of more temporary medical centers to prevent coronavirus deaths at home (August 14 & 29, 2021)
 JCP urges Okinawa defense bureau to stop US forces from discharging PFOS-tainted wastewater (August 28, 2021)
 PM Suga expresses groundless COVID-19 optimism (August 27, 2021)
 Okinawa governor protests against discharge of PFOS-contaminated wastewater by US military (August 27, 2021)
 Japan’s food self-sufficiency rate drops to record-low 37.17% (August 26, 2021)
 Shinfujin urges gov’t to implement measures to prevent COVID-19 infections in schools after summer break (August 26, 2021)
 Opening of Games amid pandemic conflicts with Paralympic movement’s ideals (August 25, 2021)
 Yokohama mayoral race results represent voters’ verdict of ‘No’ to casinos and to Suga administration (August 24, 2021)
 National research institutions’ unions resolve to push gov’t to increase budget for basic research (August 23, 2021)
 Cancel Paralympics and schoolchildren-participation project[Editorial] (August 21, 2021)
 Japanese pensioners: Gov’t in violation of ILO convention reduces pension payouts (August 20, 2021)
 US MV-22 Osprey drops panel while in flight in Okinawa (August 18 & 20, 2021)
 Suga gov't extends COVID-19 state of emergency while refusing to hold extraordinary Diet session (August 19, 2021)
 Asked by press, Shii comments on situation in Afghanistan (August 18, 2021)
 80 NGOs: Gov’t should accept UN special rapporteur’s request for onsite survey of Fukushima evacuees (August 18, 2021)
 Shii talks with Vietnamese ambassador to Japan (August 18, 2021)
 Worshiping at Yasukuni Shrine by Cabinet Ministers violates constitutional principle of separation of state and religion (August 14, 15 & 17, 2021)
 JCP Koike renews resolution to defend Article 9 on End of WWII Day (August 15, 2021)
 Ex-PM Abe heads anti-constitutional rightist Shinto group (August 15, 2021)
 Suga gov’t should drastically revise GHG reduction target in line with latest IPCC report[Editorial] (August 14, 2021)
 JCP Hiroshima criticizes IOC President Bach for making light of Hiroshima as the A-bombed city (August 13, 2021)
 JCP Dietmembers talk with university co-op student leaders regarding campus life under COVID-19 (August 13, 2021)
 JCP Kokuta comments on record-low approval rating for Suga Cabinet (August 11 &12, 2021)
 3 opposition parties agree to demand holding of Diet committee meetings over Sri Lankan woman's death at immigration control center (August 12, 2021)
 Municipal workers' union: Outside digital HR goes against fairness in public affairs (August 11, 2021)
 Like Olympic Games, forcible opening of Paralympics runs counter to infection control measures[Editorial] (August 10, 2021)
 Aug.9, Nagasaki Day rally held (August 10, 2021)
 Aug.6 Hiroshima Day online rally held as part of World Conference against A & H Bombs (August 7, 2021)
 Shii sends message to 2021 World Conference against A and H Bombs (August 7, 2021)
 2021 Peace March assembles in Nagasaki (August 7, 2021)
 Shii attends NGO-hosted forum regarding UN treaty banning nuclear weapons (August 6, 2021)
 US civilian attached to US military in Okinawa arrested for attempted rape (August 5, 2021)
 Shii on JCP 99th founding anniv. speaks on JCP’s efforts to reduce people’s hardships amid pandemic (August 5, 2021)
 PM Suga has no sense of crisis in regard to Tokyo’s healthcare system at brink of collapse (August 4, 2021)
 JCP demands increase in state subsidies to national universities (August 4, 2021)
 2021 antinuke World Conference kicks off with online International Meeting (August 3, 2021)
 2021 World Conference against A & H Bombs organizers publish statement (August 3, 2021)
 Int'l community should urgently unite to deal with situation in Myanmar (August 2, 2021)
 Expansion of COVID state of emergency indicates PM Suga’s lack of sense of crisis[Editorial] (August 1, 2021)
 JCP in Miyazaki urges governor to order halt to flights of US military aircraft without flight notification (July 31, 2021)
  Osaka City's refusal to hold talks with city workers' union ruled unfair labor practice  (July 30, 2021)
 Anti-war/peace advocacy Nobel laureate Masukawa dies (July 30, 2021)
 Olympic bus drivers overworked and unappreciated (July 29, 2021)
 Yet another accident involving USMC helicopter (July 28, 2021)
 JCP Dietmembers talk with int'l NGO on gender equal ODA (July 28, 2021)
 Okinawa Prefectural Assembly unanimously resolves to protest against US military’s container drop accident (July 22 & 27, 2021)
 Gov't gives up on appealing 'black rain' court ruling (July 27, 2021)
 Okinawa’s forest tainted with massive amounts of US military-related trash to become World Heritage site (July 27, 2021)