Mindan celebrates 72nd anniversary of liberation from Japanese imperialism (August 16, 2017)
 JCP publishes statement on 72nd anniversary of WWII’s end (August 15, 2017)
 New DM hints at continuing use of Futenma base even after completion of Henoko base (August 15, 2017)
 Protests continue across Japan against Osprey flights after fatal crash (August 13&14, 2017)
 More than 60% of nursing-care facilities struggling with labor shortages (August 14, 2017)
 Shii calls on US and N. Korea to hold direct talks without preconditions (August 12, 2017)
 PM Abe appoints ex-intelligence officer to key post to exert control over bureaucrats (August 12, 2017)
 JCP Kasai points to alleged involvement of Abe and Inada in SDF data cover-up scandal (August 11, 2017)
 JCP Inoue stresses need to reveal hidden motives for ‘daily reports’ cover-up by SDF (August 11, 2017)
 ‘Mayors for Peace’ calls on all countries to join UN N-ban treaty (August 11, 2017)
 Local assemblies in Nagano adopt DYLJ’s request for better ‘grant-type’ scholarship program (August 10, 2017)
 Abe in Nagasaki ceremony for A-bomb victims again disregards nuclear weapons ban treaty  (August 10, 2017)
 World Con pledges to take step forward toward abolition of nuclear weapons by utilizing historic UN treaty (August 10, 2017)
 2017 Defense White Paper just tries to make good impression on Trump administration[Editorial] (August 9, 2017)
 US military refuses flat out to ground Ospreys (August 9, 2017)
 Tokyo governor’s local party refuses to set up special committee on Tsukiji market relocation (August 9, 2017)
 Antinuke world conference in Nagasaki calls for proceeding to next stage after the adoption of UN treaty (August 8, 2017)
 Okinawa presses state gov’t to halt Osprey flights (August 8, 2017)
 JCP demands halt to Osprey flight drills in response to latest crash in Australia (August 8, 2017)
 2017 World Conference in Hiroshima resolves to put to use UN treaty calling for total elimination of nuclear weapons (August 4-7, 2017)
 Latest crash verifies there is no place for defective US Osprey in Japan[Editorial] (August 7, 2017)
 2017 nationwide antinuke peace march arrives in Nagasaki (August 7, 2017)
 Ministers’ 1st press conferences confirm Abe’s intent to cover up scandals through Cabinet shake-up (August 5, 2017)
 No municipality should be placed under gov’t pressure to accept disposal sites for nuclear waste[Editorial] (August 5, 2017)
 JCP Koike: In a phrase, it’s a ‘scandal cover-up Cabinet’ (August 4, 2017)
 Abe reshuffles his Cabinet without reflecting on scandals (August 4, 2017)
 More than half of reshuffled Abe Cabinet members belong to pro-Yasukuni parliamentarians’ group (August 4, 2017)
 Civil group urges Education Ministry to improve ‘grant-type’ scholarship program (August 4, 2017)
 JCP in Hokkaido Assembly urges governor not to accept Osprey flight drills (August 3, 2017)
 JCP to Tokyo governor: Metropolis-owned Olympic venues should be constructed under decent working conditions (August 3, 2017)
 Bikini H-bomb test victims urge Fisheries Minister to respond to their compensation demand (August 3, 2017)
 Hollowing out of domestic SMEs accelerated (August 2, 2017)
 US Forces to use mobile cluster bomb launchers 1st time ever in joint drills with SDF (August 2, 2017)
 Secure labor adequate to meet Olympic stadium’s construction deadline: JCP (August 2, 2017)
 Learning about inhumanity of nuclear weapons promotes realization of nuclear-free world (August 2, 2017)
 JCP efforts in Diet push major insurance company to stop imposing long working hours on workers (August 1, 2017)
 LDP’s refusal to call ex-DM to off-session Diet meeting is unacceptable: JCP Koike (August 1, 2017)
 US forces imposes further base burdens on Okinawans in violation of SACO agreement (July 28&31, 2017)
 North Korea’s ICBM test affront to global N-ban trend: Shii (July 30, 2017)
 Closing the curtain on SDF data cover-up scandal with DM’s resignation unacceptable[Editorial] (July 29, 2017)
 Hokkaido JCP urges gov’t to cancel basic agreement of Japan-EU EPA (July 29, 2017)
 Government ordered to provide tuition-free program to Korean schools in Japan (July 29, 2017)
 Miyagi lawmakers call for halt to delivering sexist tourism promotional video (July 29, 2017)
 Shii on Renho’s resignation: JCP will observe DP changes in leadership (July 28, 2017)
 People with mental disabilities push private railway company to introduce half-price fare for them (July 28, 2017)
 JCP assembly members in Hokkaido urge central government to take measures to maintain local train services (July 28, 2017)
 Saga residents want their local airport to stay free from fisheries-threatening Ospreys (July 27, 2017)
 SDF aircraft drops a part (July 27, 2017)
 Labor ministry council turns its back on workers’ demand for minimum wage hike to 1,000 yen (July 27, 2017)
 Sendai residents collecting signatures to stop coal-fired thermal power station operations (July 27, 2017)