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(February 10 & 16, 2016)
Abe hints at cutting pension benefits due to stock market downturn
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(February 16, 2016)
JCP Takahashi pushes gov’t to increase grants for victims of 2011 massive disaster
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(February 16, 2016)
‘Say No to the Abe Gov’t!’ demonstration attracts 10,000 people
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(February 16, 2016)
All 6 JCP candidates win in Niiza City assembly election
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(February 14, 2016)
Expensive public health insurance premiums endanger people’s lives
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(February 14, 2016)
Plaintiffs seeking damages for Fukushima disaster form national network
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(February 13, 2016)
Journalists’ group in statement urges internal affairs minister to step down for her remarks
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(February 13, 2016)
Tokyoites submit signatures opposing planned deployment of CV-22s to Yokota AB
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(February 13, 2016)
Nagano Prefecture expands its scholarship program for university students
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(February 12, 2016)
Ministers’ frequent scandals represent arrogant anti-people Abe government
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(February 12, 2016)
Opera singer wins out-of-court settlement over labor dispute with New National Theater
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(February 11, 2016)
Local action in defense of Article 9 joined by 10K people in total
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(February 11, 2016)
Mythical founding of the country gives slanted understanding of history
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(February 10, 2016)
Minister hints at possibility of ordering broadcasters to go off the air
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(February 10, 2016)
Gap in regional minimum wages weakens local economies: JCP Shimazu
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(February 10, 2016)
Environment Ministry gives approval to construction of more coal-fired power stations
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(February 10, 2016)
Toyota, the top donor to ruling party, is the largest beneficiary of R&D tax credit
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(February 9, 2016)
JCP Horiuchi criticizes Abe for prettifying his policy on zero turnover of employees quitting their jobs to care for aging parents
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(February 9, 2016)
A9A denounces PM Abe for trying to destroy war-renouncing Constitution
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(February 9, 2016)
Local peace groups protest entry of USS N-sub into Yokosuka Port
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(February 9, 2016)
NGOs in Japan protest N. Korean missile launch
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(February 8, 2016)
Japan shows off anti-missile system, taking advantage of N. Korea missile launch
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(February 8, 2016)
Japanese gov’t should negotiate with Russia for return of ‘Northern Territories’ based on international law: JCP
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(February 8, 2016)
Civic network launched to oppose ‘merchants of death’
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(February 8, 2016)
Shii condemns North Korea’s missile launch
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(February 7, 2016)
Rightist groups actively lobby prefectural lawmakers to support constitutional revision
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(February 7, 2016)
Workers stand up against Toshiba’s massive downsizing plan
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(February 6, 2016)
JCP Fujino: Abenomics causes serious damage to people’s livelihoods
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(February 6, 2016)
Village assembly in Okinawa protests US warships’ entry into civil port
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(February 6, 2016)
Amount of Japan’s plutonium stockpile keeps increasing
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(February 5, 2016)
PM Abe attacks Article 9 day after day
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(February 5, 2016)
International joint action against signing of TPP held in Tokyo
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(February 5, 2016)
Shii: SDF will be involved in US operations against IS under war legislation
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(February 5, 2016)
Expansion of SDF duties with PKO will raise risk of ‘killing’ and being ‘killed’
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(February 4, 2016)
Shii issues statement on N. Korea’s ‘rocket’ launch plan
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(February 4, 2016)
JCP calls for total ban on corporate political donations in response to Cabinet minister’s bribery scandal
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(February 4, 2016)
Family of SDF member who attempted suicide sues central gov’t
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(February 4, 2016)
Civil groups working to help and support sexual assault victims hold rally to discuss necessary legal framework
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(February 3, 2016)
Audit Board regarded secrecy law as constitutionally controversial
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(February 3, 2016)
Gov’t’s plan to cut public job placement services would undermine people’s right to work
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(February 3, 2016)
High court rules SDF monitoring of public unconstitutional
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(February 2, 2016)
Truck drivers and owners will jointly work on antiwar signature-collection drive
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(February 2, 2016)
Okinawa Pref. enters another lawsuit against central gov't over US base construction
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(February 2, 2016)
JMIU and telecommunication workers’ union form a new union
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(February 2, 2016)
Visually impaired persons call on Transport Ministry to improve safety at train stations
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(February 1, 2016)
Koike: ‘Same job same pay’ principle should be written into labor law
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(February 1, 2016)
Abe gov’t seeks free hand to issue bonds in order to finance anti-people budget
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(January 31, 2016)
Kadena base receives additional US fighter jets in contrast to gov’t explanation on cuts in Okinawa’s base burdens
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(January 31, 2016)
Nobel laureate Omura opposes plan to close evening high school classes in Tokyo
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(January 30, 2016)
BOJ’s minus rate policy underlines failure of Abenomics