LDP and DPJ may still dream about forming coalition (January 24, 2008)
 JCP Ichida urges prime minister to drastically change government economic policy (January 24, 2008)
 Court orders the government to pay compensation for unfair labor practice  (January 24, 2008)
 JCP urges Tokyo governor to cancel vice governor’s trip to Davos costing 33 million yen (January 24, 2008)
 JCP Shii proposes policies to address urgent economic issues (text of interpellation speech)  ( January 23, 2008)
 Japan’s policy of banning arms exports must be maintained[Editorial] (January 22, 2008)
 Ruling party Dietmembers sell fundraiser tickets to gas station operators’ association  (January 22, 2008)
 Okinawa governor requests central government to correct environmental impact assessment documents concerning new U.S. base construction (January 22, 2008)
 Government to spend huge amount of money on roads to shorten travel time by just few minutes (January 21, 2008)
 Abolish state control over education and improve educational conditions[Editorial] (January 21, 2008)
 Drastic revision of Worker Dispatch Law is essential[Editorial] (January 21, 2008)
 Supplementary budget to deal with oil price hikes gives priority to military (January 20, 2008)
 Health minister: To increase number of doctors will make them homeless (January 20, 2008)
 JCP Shii calls for aggressive Diet discussion to fundamentally critique LDP policies (January 19, 2008)
 Fukuda in policy speech calls for permanent law to deploy SDF abroad and imposition of consumption tax hikes (January 19, 2008)
 2008 Spring Struggle action policy for fighting poverty adopted (January 19, 2008)
 Iwakuni City’s important struggle against U.S. military realignment in Japan[Editorial] (January 18, 2008)
 Central Education Council calls for more school hours and tougher state control (January 18, 2008)
 Major hair salon chain forced to pay 338 hairstylists 48 million yen in back pay (January 18, 2008)
 Ogata, Kasai discuss return of Korean cultural asset with S. Korean lawmakers (January 18, 2008)
 Ogata, Kasai exchange views with South Korean vice foreign minister on return of Korean cultural asset (January 17, 2008)
 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)