LDP local lawmaker retracts his anti-LGBTQ remarks, but shows no sign of remorse (October 21, 2020)
 Casino law should be abolished as preconditions for 'huge profits' are gone (October 20, 2020)
 Tokyo gov’t promotes casino development in guise of private initiative (October 20, 2020)
 JCP-backed candidates win in 2 local elections (October 20, 2020)
 JCP in Fukuoka: Staffing agency Pasona should pay the city back fee of 1 billion yen for corona-related projects (October 19, 2020)
 Hokkaido citizens hold lecture meeting to oppose nuclear waste disposal site project (October 19, 2020)
 Making an offering to Yasukuni by PM Suga represents Japan's favorable view on its past wartime aggression (October 18, 2020)
 170 bullets found in ex-US military training site in Okinawa (October 18, 2020)
 Shii in protest against coercion by state will boycott Nakasone funeral (October 16, 2020)
 Top court rules unequal treatment of non-regular postal workers to be unreasonable (October 16, 2020)
 Advisors to PM Suga side with the strong and are crushing the weak (October 15, 2020)
 Only 4% of budget for support program paid to coronavirus-hit workers (October 15, 2020)
 Scholars express concern over Osaka split-up scheme (October 13 & 14, 2020)
 Supreme Court OKs unequal treatment of regular and non-regular workers (October 14, 2020)
 Fukushima nuclear accident victims: Gov’t arrogantly requests top court to reverse Sendai High Court decision (October 14, 2020)
 News media sending staff to PM Suga’s off-the-record breakfast meeting face fierce public criticism (October 14, 2020)
 JCP holds memorial service for 210 activists (October 14, 2020)
 Hitachi subsidiary worker with help from union rebuffs forced resignation (October 13, 2020)
 Nobel laureate: PM's ouster of specific scholars from SCJ is harmful (October 11, 2020)
 Introduction of face recognition system by police raises privacy concerns (October 11, 2020)
 Suga gov't also in favor of casino promotion (October 11, 2020)
 93 associations of natural sciences issue joint statement opposing Suga’s refusal to appoint 6 candidates as SCJ member (October 11, 2020)
 JCP receives 22K signatures calling for gender parity in politics (October 10,2020)
 Nuclear energy will end in imposition of disposal sites on underpopulated areas (October 9, 2020)
 Opposition parties in Adachi Ward Assembly demand retraction of LDP member’s insult to LGBTQ people (October 8, 2020)
 Gov't should fulfill responsibility to deal with corona-caused job losses[Editorial] (October 8, 2020)
 Nishinoomote City mayor opposes planned relocation of FCLP to nearby island (October 8, 2020)
 A record number of elderly face asset seizures due to arreas in nursing-care insurance premiums (October 7, 2020)
 'Don't use tax for controversial artworks' logic is unconstitutional (October 7, 2020)
 Opposition parties interview scholars rejected by PM Suga to be SCJ members (October 6, 2020)
 PM Suga’s media control infringes on people’s right to know (October 5, 2020)
 Media workers and concerned citizens join forces to resist gov't control over media (October 5, 2020)
 Koike and political scientist Kang exchange views on M. Weber (October 5, 2020)
 PM Suga, the driving force behind change in official constitutional interpretation (October 4, 2020)
 Yamaguchi JCP demands F-35Bs relocated from US Iwakuni base to US mainland (October 4, 2020)
 Large amount of trash found left in former US military training field in Okinawa (October 3, 2020)
 Scientists in Japan resolved to never again engage in research for war purposes (October 3, 2020)
 Science Council of Japan president says Suga’s nomination refusal is ‘serious problem’ (October 2, 2020)
 Shii condemns gov't intervention in Science Council as threat to academic freedom (October 2, 2020)
 LDP Sugita refuses to retract her remark insulting sexual assault victims (October 2, 2020)
 PM Suga excludes scientists critical of war laws from Japan Science Council (October 1, 2020)
 Record high of 4K foreign nationals working in Japan die from occupational accidents (October 1, 2020)
 Sendai High Court orders TEPCO and gov’t to compensate affected residents for damages caused by Fukushima nuclear accident (October 1, 2020)
 Shii interviewed by famous journalist in weekly magazine on gov't change (September 30, 2020)
 DYLJ provides food assistance to students struggling amid COVID-19 pandemic (September 30, 2020)
 Koike: Gov’t should not use taxpayers’ money to share costs for funeral of ex-PM Nakasone (September 27 and 29, 2020)
 JCP Koike: LDP Sugita is not qualified to serve as a Dietmember (September 29, 2020)
 Union and JCP efforts lead to extension of COVID-19 grants to small firm workers (September 27, 2020)
 Tamura denounces LDP lawmaker’s slander of sexual assault survivors (September 26 & 27, 2020)
 Civil Alliance hands its 15-item request to united opposition parties (September 26, 2020)