Shii opposes Abe’s attempt to enable Japan to use armed forces abroad (May 16, 2014)
 Japan’s workers join international action seeking higher minimum wages (May 16, 2014)
 Abe Cabinet interferes with magazine’s article on State Secrecy Law (May 15, 2014)
 Tottori decides to provide local milk for school meals, not accepting cheapest one (May 15, 2014)
 Bills stripping the elderly of access to necessary care rammed through Lower House (May 15 & 16, 2014)
 Ex-Tokyo gov’t officials parachute into contract-awarded firms related to Tsukiji fish market relocation (May 14, 2014)
 JCP Kira demands a closing of income gaps at Japan Post (May 14, 2014)
 In memory of Kodama Yuji, leader of leprosy patients’ movement (May 14, 2014)
 JCP publishes appeal opposing adverse revision of education-related laws (May 14, 2014)
 Angry voices against TPP increasing in rice-producing area of northeast region (May 13, 2014)
 N-warship crisis evacuation starts after radiation doses hit 20 times higher than N-power plant crisis manuals (May 13, 2014)
 Municipal leaders form A9As in all prefectures in Tohoku (May 13, 2014)
 It will take 6 days to evacuate all residents in 30km-zone during nuclear crisis (May 12, 2014)
 Gov’t should create childrearing-friendly environment, not set national birthrate target[Editorial] (May 12, 2014)
 Japan’s media bathed in ‘Abe color’ (May 11, 2014)
 Gov’t uses power of money to have residents accept US radar base construction (May 11, 2014)
 Family who lost son to death from overwork calls for anti-karoshi law (May 11, 2014)
 Poor gov’t support drives young people away from entering university (May 11, 2014)
 How can Abe possibly allow our country to engage in battle even before he is informed?[Editorial] (May 10, 2014)
 Shii calls for scrapping bill to help destroy pacifist Constitution (May 10, 2014)
 JCP Kokuta visits China as delegate of lawmakers’ friendship group (May 6 & 10, 2014)
 Pro-amendment lawmakers hold perfunctory discussion on referendum bill regarding constitutional revision (May 9, 2014)
 JCP efforts bring about construction of more nurseries on vacant national land (May 9, 2014)
 Abe in Europe busy selling Japan’s nuclear power plants (May 8, 2014)
 Announcement of US military mishap too late: JCP Okinawa (May 2 and 8, 2014)
 Radiation-exposed worker sues TEPCO (May 8, 2014)
 Academic freedom in danger (May 8, 2014)
 2014 nationwide anti-nuclear weapons peace march starts (May 8, 2014)
 Pushed by JCP, city subsidizes rental housing owners hit by 2011 disaster (May 5, 2014)
 Citizens at Constitution Day events resolve to block Abe’s move to change Japan into war fighting nation (May 4, 2014)
 Koike calls for utilization of Article 9 on Constitution Day TV special (May 4, 2014)
 Defend pacifistic postwar Japan built by people’s tireless efforts: JCP (May 3, 2014)
 Workers in May Day rallies resolve to fight against Abe’s ‘labor reform’ (May 2, 2014)
 Union in Hitachi Group company wins shorter working hours (May 1, 2014)
 This week’s JCP international activities (April 23 and May 1, 2014)
 National Tax Agency data shows low tax burdens on large corporations (April 30, 2014)
  ‘Nuclear power-interest community’ is going on offensive (April 30, 2014)
 JCP calls for support for gambling addicts and killing of bill to OK casinos (April 29, 2014)
 JCP-backed candidate puts up good fight in Okinawa City mayoral election (April 29, 2014)
 Assembly with no JCP seat allows assemblypersons to go on travelling sprees (April 29, 2014)
 Caring for elderly with dementia only by family members has limitations[Editorial] (April 28, 2014)
 Japan’s effort against climate change needed, but without nuclear power (April 28, 2014)
 Supreme Court ruling cannot justify the use of collective self-defense right: ex-judge (April 27, 2014)
 Scholars’ group holds rally in protest against Abe’s attempt to revise the Constitution through new interpretations (April 27, 2014)
 DefMin plans to deploy 1,252 patrol vessels to suppress anti-base protesters (April 26, 2014)
 Truck drivers should be paid for waiting time: court (April 26, 2014)
 Abe gov’t proposes bill to destroy university autonomy (April 26, 2014)
 Pressed by JCP, state grants subsidies to town suffering from cave-ins (April 25, 2014)
 Due to one-week holidays in Japan, the next update will be May 9. (April 25, 2014)
 Shii criticizes strengthening of Japan-US military alliance (April 25, 2014)