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)
 MSDF intercepts ballistic missile in test (December 19, 2007)
 Government panel on child-family support concedes balancing work and childcare is difficult (December 19, 2007)
 Shii attends new Chinese ambassador’s reception (December 19, 2007)
 Ogata attends Qatar National Day reception (December 19, 2007)
 JCP calls for revision of Worker Dispatch Law ( December 18, 2007)
 6,130 file lawsuit demanding reduction in noise pollution at U.S. Atsugi base (December 18, 2007)
 Panel proposes to maintain discredited A-bomb illness recognition system (December 18, 2007)
 Young contract workers win full-time positions (December 18, 2007)
 International symposium marking 70th anniversary of Nanking Massacre held in Tokyo (December 16 & 17, 2007)
 Japan’s responsibility to prevent global warming (December 16, 2007)
 Shooting rampage occurs in Sasebo (December 16, 2007)
 Sticking to resumption of MSDF mission, ruling bloc forcibly extends Diet session (December 15, 2007)
 Plaintiff in drug-induced hepatitis C lawsuit reveals her name (December 15, 2007)
 Government plan fails to include concrete steps to achieve Kyoto Protocol goals (December 15, 2007)
 JCP exposes collusive relationships between Defense Ministry and problematic contractors (December 14, 2007)
 JCP expresses opposition to extension of Diet session to enact bill to resume SDF refueling mission (December 14, 2007)
 Hepatitis C plaintiffs reject court-mediated settlement (December 14, 2007)
 Ruling bloc adopts policy of increasing consumption tax rate in FY 2009 (December 14, 2007)
 Motion-picture company agrees with union to review its policy of arbitrarily cutting retirement allowance (December 14, 2007)
 1,600 in rally say ‘No!’ to resumption of MSDF refueling mission (December 13, 2007)
 JCP criticizes bill to revise Broadcast Law (December 13, 2007)
 Japan’s request for substantial ‘sympathy budget’ cut rejected by U.S. (December 13, 2007)
 2nd round of JCP study lectures on Scientific Socialism ends (December 13, 2007)
 Tokyo High Court abandons responsibility for protecting freedom of speech: JCP (December 12, 2007)
 SIA estimates 20 million pension records as hard to identify (December 12, 2007)
 Business circles push major parties for consumption tax hikes (December 12, 2007)
 Ichida meets with Vietnam workers union delegation (December 12, 2007)
 Forum calls for solidarity for establishing food sovereignty (December 11, 2007)
 LDP decides to extend Diet session again (December 11, 2007)