Ban on public workers political acts approved in Osaka City (July 28, 2012)
 Shii visits US embassy to demand cancellation of Osprey deployment (July 27, 2012)
 Gov’t bill to cut public services and workers attracts criticism (July 27, 2012)
 Consumption tax hike is in exchange for cuts in corporate taxes (July 27, 2012)
 Gov’t intends to increase burden on nursing-care service users in addition to consumption tax hike (July 26, 2012)
 Gov’t-recommended minimum wage falls short of boosting domestic demand (July 26, 2012)
 Kokuta calls for intensive Diet debate based on all 4 reports on Fukushima accident (July 26, 2012)
 Unionists in rally urge Keidanren to secure employment (December 17, 2008)
 Two temporary workers at Mitsubishi Fuso join labor union to oppose dismissal notice (December 18, 2008)
 Keidanren report calls for wage restraint and goes against best way to rebuild Japan’s economy (December 17, 2008 )
 Shii requests that Keidanren urge its member companies to stop massive job cuts (December 19, 2008 )
 Large corporations should cancel massive dismissal of temporary and fixed-term contract workers and fulfill their social responsibilities: JCP’s statement to Nippon Keidanren (December 19, 2008 )
 Finance Ministry budget plan does nothing to ease public anxieties (December 21, 2008 )
 Finance Ministry proposes 3.5-fold budget increase to pay for U.S. military realignment in Japan (December 22, 2008 )
 4.7 billion yen claimed as cost to prepare constitutional revision (December 22, 2008 )
 High school students participate in sit-in demanding increase in education budget (December 22, 2008 )
 Stop government ‘reform’ of childcare services[Editorial] (December 22, 2008 )
 Air SDF personnel visited Class-A war criminals’ tomb (December 17, 2008 )
 JCP in Diet demands that government urge U.S. forces to end live-fire exercise in order to protect residents from stray bullets (December 17, 2008 )
 Okinawa legislature unanimously demands immediate halt to live-shell drills (December 20, 2008 )
 Stop U.S. low-flight exercises in Japan[Editorial] 
 Political parties (except JCP) receive 32 billion yen in government subsidies (December 20, 2008 )
 LDP, DPJ, and Komei party members of Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly wasted tax money on ‘study tours’ abroad (December 17, 2008 )
 Okinawan assembly amends environmental ordinance to allow authorities to enter U.S. bases for investigation of pollution  (December 20, 2008 )
 Consumption tax hike will damage economy: private think tanks (July 25, 2012)
 Akamine discusses with local gov’t issues regarding medical services on remote island (July 25, 2012)
 Citizens and municipal leaders protest against arrival of Ospreys at US Iwakuni base (July 24, 2012)
 Work without APD at Fukushima Daiichi neglects human rights (July 24, 2012)
 Gov’t panel blames safety myth for nuclear disaster (July 24, 2012)
 Osaka lawyers oppose ordinance bill restricting city workers’ political activities (July 24, 2012)
 1,100 people hold a rally protesting Osprey deployment to Iwakuni (July 23, 2012)
 JCP posters get favorable response from NPP workers (July 23, 2012)
 Citizens concerned about possible crash of Osprey in Ikata NPP (July 22, 2012)
 Osprey brings more US military flight training exercises to Iejima Island (July 22, 2012)
 Lead-covered dosimeters underreport Fukushima workers’ radiation exposure (July 22, 2012)
 PM should follow pro-ball players’ attitude of defiance toward US (July 22, 2012)
 Tax hike advocates receive subsidies given to political parties (July 21, 2012)
 Minimum wage in 11 Japan prefectures below poverty level (July 21, 2012)
 Many disabled workers denied access to pension plan (July 21, 2012)
 Ichida sees Ozawa’s new party as reflection of public anger (July 12, 2012)
 DPJ is ‘LDP’s Noda faction’ (July 12, 2012)
 PM wants to discuss on right of collective self-defense (July 13, 2012)
 Stop PM from allowing Japan to use military force abroad: Shii (July 14, 2012)
 New parties are ‘fragments’ of two major parties (July 17, 2012 )
 Clock remains stopped since 3.11 (July 13, 2012)
 Major quake could cause core meltdown at Oi plant (July 11, 2012)
 Religious figures call for future free of atomic energy (July 14, 2012)
 Tokyo gov’t prioritizes Olympic bid over radiation decontamination (July 15, 2012)
 170,000 anti-nuclear power demonstrators rally in central Tokyo (July 17, 2012)
 Rengo backs consumption tax hike allying with big business circles (July 11, 2012)