DPJ’s bill on SDF overseas operations carried over to next Diet session (January 16, 2008)
 Defense Ministry conducts studies on possible PAC-3 launch site in central Tokyo (January 16, 2008)
 Hepatitis C plaintiffs and the government sign reconciliation agreement (January 16, 2008)
 Tokyo doubles amount of planned expenses for Olympics bid (January 16, 2008)
 Okinawan delegation urges the ministry to revoke its order (January 16, 2008 )
 Government must take urgent measures to secure stable postdoctoral positions[Editorial] (January 15, 2008)
 Baseball Hall of Fame and war (January 14, 2008)
 Spring Struggle focusing on eradication of disparities [Editorial] (January 13, 2008)
 Hiroshima demands that U.S. forces stop low-altitude flight exercises  (January 13, 2008)
 30 years of joint struggle of Nippon Steel workers and JCP wins extra pay for attending meetings between shifts (January 13, 2008)
 JCP Shii condemns ruling bloc for forcibly enacting anti-terrorism special measures law (January 12, 2008)
 Bill to relieve drug-induced hepatitis patients passed (January 12, 2008)
 Ruling coalition forcibly enacts MSDF dispatch law (January 12, 2008)
 Supporters of JCP local assembly member ask the Supreme Court for careful examination of suppression case (January 12, 2008)
 JCP chair calls for political framework to serve the public, not U.S. or business circles (January 11, 2008)
 Upper House committee votes down anti-terrorism special measures bill (January 11, 2008)
 New anti-terrorism special measures bill must be scrapped: JCP Shii (January 11, 2008)
 Hibakusha demands prime minister’s political decision to help conclude lawsuits over recognition of A-bomb related illnesses (January 11, 2008)
 U.S. forces delay relocation of urban combat training facility in Okinawa (January 10, 2008)
 ASDF and U.S. Air Force to conduct joint exercise at Hyakuri (January 10, 2008)
 Widow of Toyota worker who died from overwork urges Labor Minister to take steps to eradicate karoshi (January 10, 2008)
 JCP sports policy (January 10, 2008)
 Spring Struggle starts with unionists calling for elimination of poverty through nationwide action (January 9, 2008 )
 Defense Minister Ishiba was dined by Mitsubishi: Akiyama (January 9, 2008)
 Government to open full-fledged discussion on permanent law to send SDF abroad (January 9, 2008)
 Shii attends new Egyptian ambassador’s reception (January 9, 2008)
 Osaka gubernatorial election focuses on fiscal crisis (January 8, 2008)
 Labor ministry to order staffing agency to stop double dispatches of temp workers (January 8, 2008)
 Market chaos shows need to regulate speculative money[Editorial] (January 6, 2008)
 Shii at JCP New Year meeting calls for efforts to make advance in upcoming general election (January 5, 2008)
 LDP uses government subsidies as expenditure on firms under its control (January 1, 2008)
 All parties except JCP received total of 408 billion yen of tax money over 13 years (December 30, 2007)
  Ruling bloc makes public outline of bill to provide drug-induced hepatitis C victims with uniform relief (December 29, 2007)
 Education Ministry refuses to revoke textbook screening policy on Battle of Okinawa (December 27 & 29, 2007)
 JCP chair condemns assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Bhutto as mean terrorist attack (December 29, 2007)
 Shii meets outgoing Vietnam ambassador (December 27, 2007)
 Fukuda Cabinet adopts FY 2008 draft budget (December 21 & 25, 2007)
 Government to provide uniform relief to all drug-induced hepatitis C victims (December 24 & 25, 2007)
 Two corporations exclusively receive Defense Ministry orders for fuel supply in the Indian Ocean (December 25, 2007)
 Major staffing agency to be suspended for illegal labor practices (December 23, 2007)
 DPJ submits bill as counterproposal to government’s anti-terrorism special measures bill (December 22, 2007)
 Put an end to arms procurement at manipulated prices [Editorial] (December 22, 2007)
 JCP will make efforts for drastic revision of FY 2008 budget: Ichida (December 21, 2007)
 Parties other than JCP receive huge government subsidies  (December 21, 2007)
 Government rejects uniform relief for all drug-induced hepatitis C victims (December 21, 2007)
 JCP chair denounces government proposal for settlement of drug-induced hepatitis lawsuits (December 21, 2007)
 U.S. Army Corps establishes forward HQ at Zama (December 20, 2007)
 Keidanren report shows business circles’ labor policies have caused serious conflict with the public (December 20, 2007)
 JCP requests overhaul of criteria for A-bomb disease certification  (December 20, 2007)
 Ex-top defense official rearrested for bribery of 3.6 million yen (December 19, 2007)