JCP publishes platform for upcoming nationwide simultaneous local elections (January 19, 2019)
 Physicians’ union: Labor Ministry proposes putting ceiling on doctors’ overtime which exceeds official gov’t-set danger line for ‘karoshi’ (January, 18, 2019)
 Official of UN agency on agriculture for first time speaks at Nouminren convention (January 16-18, 2018)
 Hitachi decides to 'freeze' nuclear power plant project in Wales (January 18, 2019)
 Citizens of Okinawa's 5 cities abstaining from Henoko vote demand equal opportunity to vote on the referendum (January 16 & 17, 2019)
 Opposition party parliamentarians share with Okinawa governor view on Henoko issue (January, 17, 2019)
 JCP Tokyo demands investigation into scandal involving JOC chief (January 16, 2019)
 Japan needs to improve policies in line with UN convention on rights of disabled[Editorial] (January, 16, 2019)
 LDP Dietmember teaches LDP municipal assemblypersons in Okinawa how to block Henoko referendum (January 14 & 15, 2019)
 Energy of youth will forge a better future (January 14, 2019)
 JCP conducts on-site inspection at state-run facility for supporting foreign residents in Japan (January 12, 2019)
 Online protest campaign against magazine’s sexist article collects 50,000 signatures (January, 12, 2019)
 Koike gives congratulatory speech at Mindan's New Year reception (January 12, 2019)
 FY2019 budget plan to be revised to pay unpaid labor insurance benefits due to Labor Ministry’s faulty survey data (January 10&11, 2019)
 Shinfujin denounces weekly magazine’s article for insulting women (January, 11, 2019)
 Okinawa governor requests Miyakojima mayor to rethink his refusal to participate in Henoko referendum (January 10, 2019)
 NHK under fire for its biased reports supportive of Abe gov't (January 10, 2019)
 JCP Tokyo protests against accidents during parachute drills at US Yokota base (January, 10, 2019)
 Campaign to oppose Henoko project obtains backing from Queen guitarist (January, 9, 2019)
 RIKEN union blocks institute’s mass dismissals of non-regular workers (January, 9, 2019)
 Resona HD: We won't give loans to N-arms firms (January 8, 2019)
 Koike criticizes LDP as being irresponsible in regard to anti-LGBTQ remarks frequently made by LDP Dietmembers (January 8, 2019)
 Gov’t should set safety standards on accommodations for low-income elderly people (January, 8, 2019)
 Don't lag behind the world in addressing workplace harassment[Editorial] (January 7, 2019)
 Hibakusha in this year’s first monthly ‘6th and 9th action’ call for Japan’s ratification of antinuke UN treaty (January, 1 and 7, 2019)
 Independent contractors for TEPCO subsidiary unionized (January 6, 2019)
 Shii in New Year assembly calls for stepping up efforts to win Upper House and simultaneous local elections (January, 5, 2019)
 Japan should repair relations with South Korea based on remorse over its colonial rule[Editorial] (January 3, 2019)
 Abe gov't sells national sovereignty piece by piece (January 3, 2019)
 BOJ shoulders huge amount of Japanese government bonds (December 26, 2018)
 Koike: FY2019 draft budget would ruin Japanese society (December 22, 2018)
 JCP delegation in Vietnam (December 19-22, 2018)
 Okinawans’ protest against Henoko base project receives solidarity from abroad (December 21, 2018)
 Okinawa prefectural assembly passes resolution regarding arrest of US deserter armed with a gun (December 21, 2018)
 Japan’s national trade union centers resolve to unite to defend Constitution (December 16, 2018)
 Due to the New Year holidays, our next update will appear on January 11, 2019. 
 Nakasone gov't in 80s feared loss of 'nuclear umbrella' (December 20, 2018)
 Declassified documents suggest Foreign Ministry accepted secret pact on bringing-in of US nuclear weapons to Okinawa (December 20, 2018)
 Unfairly-fired art professors in Nagoya struggle in court for right to return to work (December 20, 2018)
 Foreign workers’ treatment at Sharp factory violates Worker Dispatch Law: Labor Ministry (December 20, 2018)
 Japan is running last in disinvestment from coal-fired power (December 20, 2018)
 JCP Koike comments on Abe government’s new defense program (December 19, 2018)
 UNGA adopts declaration on peasants’ rights (December 19, 2018)
 Japan needs to fulfill its responsibility to implement Paris accord rules at COP24[Editorial] (December 18, 2018)
 JCP demands effective and enforceable law to eradicate workplace harassment (December 18, 2018)
 Abe-driven shipment of NPP projects to overseas flounders (December 18, 2018)
 This week's JCP international activity (December 18, 2018)
 Presence of JCP brings about progressive changes in prefectural assemblies (December 17, 2018)
 Foreign minister ignores reporters' questions on ‘Northern Territories’ (December 16, 2018)
 Shii as member of parliamentary union speaks on Korean 'forced laborers' with President Moon (December 15, 2018)