Labor dispute board orders convenience store chain to hold collective bargaining with franchise owners (April 17, 2015)
 Number of hospital closures triples in five years (April 17, 2015)
 Abe gov’t pressures textbook publisher to delete description of Ainu land seizure (April 17, 2015)
 Zenroren in global ‘Fight for $15’ action calls for drastic increase in Japan’s minimum wage (April 16, 2015)
 Progressive forum says ‘No!’ to dividing up of Osaka City (April 16, 2015)
 Abe gov’t discounts court order to block restart of Takahama NPP (April 16, 2015)
 Fukui district court orders Takahama nuclear power plant to be kept offline (April 15, 2015)
 Stop penalizing municipalities for providing children’s free medical care: JCP Koike (April 15, 2015)
 High court supports lower court ordering Tokyo to pay compensation to Muslims (April 15, 2015)
 Local residents welcome court decision banning restart of Takahama NPP (April 15, 2015)
 As a result of first half of local elections, JCP establishes its presence in all prefectural assemblies (April 14, 2015)
 LDP executive opposes casino legalization (April 13, 2015)
  ‘New relations’ with Cuba will depend on US efforts (April 13, 2015)
 JCP issues statement on its major gains in 1st half of local elections (April 14, 2015)
 Woman worker at Renesas wins withdrawal of distant transfer order (April 12, 2015)
 Abe gov’t intends to force Hinomaru & Kimigayo on national universities (April 12, 2015)
 LDP will enjoy record amount of state subsidies (April 11, 2015)
 Okinawans launch ‘Henoko Fund’ to block base construction (April 10, 2015)
 Revision of Japan-US defense guidelines to be in line with Abe’s war legislation is unacceptable[Editorial] (April 10, 2015)
 2015 budget bill approved with more for defense and less for welfare (April 10, 2015)
 Japanese women still suffer sizable gender gap even after getting suffrage 69 years ago (April 10, 2015)
 Sukiya workers still suffer from heavy workloads: youth union (April 9, 2015)
 JCP calls on gov’t to cancel plan to slash housing assistance for households on welfare (April 8&9, 2015)
 Tokyo Olympics might deprive local residents of opportunity to engage in sports (April 9, 2015)
 LDP proposes that energy generation depend more on nuclear power (April 8, 2015)
 Defense Ministry discussing ways to fund foreign governments’ purchase of Japan-made weapons (April 8, 2015)
 Abe Cabinet has stronger control over history education (April 7, 2015)
 Abe to allow overtime without pay while introducing law to prevent death from overwork (April 4&7, 2015)
 JCP issues statement on school textbook screening results (April 7, 2015)
 This week’s JCP international activity (April 7, 2015)
 Onaga restates opposition to Henoko base construction in talks with top gov’t spokesman (April 6, 2015)
 Abe’s war legislation emerges as key issue in upcoming nationwide local elections (April 5, 2015)
 Names of corporations discriminating against pregnant workers to be made public (April 4, 2015)
 Debts of freshmen in private universities hit record high (April 4, 2015)
 Instilling specific moral education in children using ‘ethics’ classes is unconstitutional[Editorial] (April 4, 2015)
 Gov’t hides names of corporations receiving tax breaks at request of business circles (April 3, 2015)
 Government breaks its promise to use increased tax revenues to improve social welfare programs (April 3, 2015)
 More efforts needed to increase antinuke public movements before 2015 NPT RevCon (April 3, 2015)
 Not too late for Japan to join AIIB: Shii (April 2, 2015)
 Defense Ministry secretly develops blueprint for defense against China (April 2, 2015)
 JCP submits bill to ban corporate political donations (April 2, 2015)
 Regressive tax hike deepens poverty and social inequalities (April 1, 2015)
 Small business owners scream with consumption tax pain (April 1, 2015)
 US military conducts parachute drills in Tokyo for third consecutive month (April 1, 2015)
 Same-sex couple certification ordinance passed in Shibuya (April 1, 2015)
 State invalidates Okinawa governor’s order to stop construction work (March 31, 2015)
 Majority in media polls say ‘No’ to Abe’s war legislation (March 31, 2015)
 Osaka court: political belief survey on Osaka City workers is unconstitutional (March 31, 2015)
 Anti-base Okinawan legislators’ group formed (March 29, 2015)
 Parliamentarians from Okinawa protest against defense bureau’s complaint against governor (March 29, 2015)