Civil group demands NHK news programs become independent of government influence (March 23, 2019)
 150,000 signatures opposing consumption tax hike to 10% submitted to Diet (March 21, 2019)
 JCP Daimon demands creation of state program to subsidize purchase of hearing aids (March 21, 2019)
 Environmental NGOs demand immediate halt to Henoko base project and conduct search of remaining dugong (March 21, 2019)
 Henoko dugong found dead (March 20, 2019)
 Departing JOC chief should disclose all about money scandal concerning Tokyo’s bid to host 2020 Olympics [Editorial] (March 20, 2019)
 300 US aircraft may be ordered to fly to 2 SDF bases in Kyushu in event of emergency (March 19, 2019)
 Cost to purchase island for US flight drill swells fourfold to 16 billion yen (March 19, 2019)
 10,000 Okinawans rally to oppose Henoko base construction (March 18, 2019)
 CV-22 Osprey flies over Tokyo with gun pointing toward residential areas (March 15 & 18, 2019)
 Possibly because of war laws, young people shy away from joining SDF (March 18, 2019)
 Public subsidy for expensive hearing aids needed (March 18, 2019)
 Astronomy community issues statement resolving to refrain from engaging in military-related research (March 18, 2019)
 Workers walk out in protest against corporate response offering tiny pay hike (March 14&15, 2019)
 Increasing number of foreign trainees used in violation of labor laws (March 15, 2019)
 Turning ambulance back, immigration center refuses to carry detainee to hospital (March 14, 2019)
 Abe gov’t generously donates 300 million yen in Japanese people’s tax money to US military thinktank CSIS (March 14, 2019)
 100K pple nationwide rally to oppose heavy tax burdens (March 14, 2019)
 JCP Fujino: New residence status lacks protection of foreign workers’ human rights (March 14, 2019)
 Japan can be urged to pay 2 trillion yen for USFJ under Trump’s ‘Cost Plus 50’ plan (March 13, 2019)
 Shii meets with Lao’s ruling party executive (March 13, 2019)
 75% of general public recognize reconstruction from Fukushima nuclear disaster as insufficient (March 9 and 12, 2019)
 Japan’s low public sector worker density leads to low public service levels (March 12, 2019)
 ATMs in pachinko parlors will be removed to conform with anti-addiction regulation (March 12, 2019)
 Shii issues statement at 8 year commemoration of massive earthquake and Fukushima nuclear meltdown (March 11, 2019)
 Government should end its disregard of civilian victims of air raids during war [Editorial] (March 10, 2019)
 TEPCO plans to use 190 billion yen to reactivate other utility’s nuclear power plant (March 9, 2019)
 Double elections for governor and mayor will take place in Osaka (March 9, 2019)
 International Women’s Day events in Japan focus on promotion of gender equality (March 9, 2019)
 Enactment of local ordinance to revive Seed Act expanding nationwide (March 8, 2019)
 Day of action held to push companies to offer drastic wage hike in this year’s ‘shunto’ talks (March 8, 2019)
 Min-iren survey: 77 people died in 2018 because of reluctance to go to hospital due to financial constraints (March 7 and 8, 2019)
 Over 70% of job gains under Abenomics are non-regular jobs (March 7, 2019)
 Okinawa governor meets with Okinawan Hawaiian who started antibase online drive (March 6, 2019)
 Hitachi and its group companies instructed to abide by rules pertaining to foreign trainee program (March 6, 2019)
 JCP in Hiroshima succeeds in enabling heavy rain victims to live in temporary housing for another year (March 6, 2019)
 JCP discusses government-proposed legislation with Ainu (March 6, 2019)
 Geologists: Active faults may be beneath US base construction site at Henoko (March 5, 2019)
 Non-regular postal workers demand Japan Post abide by court rulings ordering an end to regular/non-regular gaps (March 5, 2019)
 Former Tsukiji women traders criticize Governor Koike as ‘promise breaker’ (March 5, 2019)
 American man again petitions White House on Henoko base construction (March 3, 2019)
 Akahata chief editor visits Seoul on 100th anniversary of Korean independence movement (March 2 & 3, 2019)
 Okinawa governor notifies Japan & US gov'ts of Okinawans' rejection to Henoko base construction (March 2, 2019)
 65 yrs. after US H-Bomb tragedy at Bikini Atoll, events held in Japan's Shizuoka (February 28 - March 2, 2019)
 Shii: 'gengo' at odds with principle of popular sovereignty (March 2, 2019)
  Money used to buy 6 F-35s would eliminate the number of children waiting to enter daycare centers  (March 1, 2019)
 JCP Akamine: Abe should accept outcome of Okinawa referendum rejecting Henoko base project (March 1, 2019)
 Shii expresses his hope for leaders of N. Korea and US to continue their dialogue (March 1, 2019)
 We can't go on any longer: franchise owners' union requests collective talks with 7-Eleven (February 28, 2019)
 Abe silent on fact that the amount of Japan’s food imports is 10 times larger than food exports (February 28, 2019)