Abe outlines further cuts in welfare budget next year (August 13, 2014)
 Meeting held in Osaka to defend welfare recipients’ right to live (August 13, 2014)
 Shika nuclear power plant operator applies for restart of its reactor (August 13, 2014)
 Anti-nuke World Conference in Nagasaki calls for starting negotiations on Nuclear Weapons Convention (August 11, 2014)
 General contractor secretly wins tender for new US base construction in Okinawa (August 10, 2014)
 Loan shark uses sports tour to push for more loans (August 10, 2014)
 School teacher falsely accused of groping clears his name (August 10, 2014)
 14.3 million petition signatures delivered to Diet via JCP (August 10, 2014)
 Abe gives last year’s speech at 69th anniversary of atomic bombing of Hiroshima  (August 9, 2014)
 Government workers will receive first pay raise in 7 years (August 8, 2014)
 Defense Academy student sues his upperclassmen for bullying (August 8, 2014)
 2014 Defense White Paper highlights the collective self-defense right[Editorial] (August 7, 2014)
 Hibakusha call on Abe to retract Cabinet decision on Japan’s use of collective self-defense right (August 7, 2014)
 Ex-UN human rights officer expresses concern over Abe’s militaristic policies (August 7, 2014)
 Osaka mayor apologizes to union for his political belief survey (August 7, 2014)
 Anti-nuclear weapons World Conference in Hiroshima resolves to increase efforts toward 2015 NPT Review Conference (August 7, 2014)
 Work-related deaths increase by 20% (August 6, 2014)
 US Forces to start Osprey flight training in eastern Japan (August 5, 2014)
 Anti-nuke international meeting held in Hiroshima (August 5, 2014)
 Nationwide anti-nuclear weapons peace march arrives in Hiroshima (August 5, 2014)
 Welfare recipients receive less benefits (August 4, 2014)
 Don’t send our children to war: Japanese mothers (August 3 & 4, 2014)
 Environmental groups petition US court to have construction of US base in Okinawa stopped (August 2, 2014)
 Higher consumption tax sweeps away wage gains[Editorial] (August 2, 2014)
 Crowded after school day-care facilities may threaten children’s safety (August 2, 2014)
 Due to Japanese summer holidays, our next update will be on August 15 
 Researchers oppose joint development of weapons by state & universities (August 1, 2014)
 Pushed by JCP, Tokyo gov’t will improve financial support for care facility operators (August 1, 2014)
 Citizens’ panel: ex-TEPCO executives should be indicted for Fukushima disaster (August 1, 2014)
 Ex-Japanese soldier opposes Japan’s use of collective self-defense right (July 31, 2014)
 Nominees for 2014 ‘Black Corporation’ award announced (July 31, 2014)
 Just 16-yen hike!? It’s too low for minimum wages in Japan (July 31, 2014)
 Residents in public housing refuse eviction due to new stadium for Tokyo Olympics (July 31, 2014)
 Drop in consumer spending is more serious than at time of 1997 tax hike (July 30, 2014)
 Zenroren resolves to struggle to bring down Abe gov’t (July 30, 2014)
 138 factories emit half of Japan’s greenhouse gases (July 30, 2014)
 Tokyo’s extreme summer heat may adversely affect Olympic athletes (July 30, 2014)
 Russia should use its influence to obtain information regarding Malaysian plane crash in Ukraine (July 29, 2014)
 Pay gaps between company executives and workers growing (July 29, 2014)
 Okinawans unite to oppose new US base, going beyond political differences (July 28, 2014)
 Town assembly asks for JCP’s help to obtain compensation for Fukushima disaster (July 26, 2014)
 Labor commission’s decision regarding illegality of Osaka political belief survey finalized (July 26, 2014)
 Environmental NGO demands halt to new US base construction (July 25, 2014)
 Labor relations authority: Kanagawa orchestra’s dismissal of two musicians found to be unfair labor practice (July 25, 2014)
 Japan’s juvenile training school law revised based on UN treaty (July 25, 2014)
 Longstanding effort helps create more evening junior highs (July 24, 2014)
 State considers requiring prefectures to reduce public medical expenses (July 24, 2014)
 Gov’t plans to move US MV-22s out of Okinawa to help Governor Nakaima be reelected (July 24, 2014)
 Mizuho bank employee with help from union wins promotion (July 23 & 24, 2014)
 JCP legislators demand serious efforts by gov’t to eliminate sexual discrimination (July 23, 2014)