To our readers 
 JCP Shii comments on death of Kim Jong-Il (December 20, 2011)
 17 leading Okinawans jointly oppose US base at Henoko (December 20, 2011)
 Launch scholarship programs to ensure the right to education[Editorial] (December 20,2011)
 Ogata meets with CPC research officials (December 20, 2011)
 Japan and South Korea disagree on ‘comfort women’ issue (December 19, 2011)
 960 died following 3.11 disaster (December 18&19, 2011)
 No time left, we all must immediately tackle climate change (December 19, 2011)
 Panasonic subsidiary guards get their jobs secured (December 18, 2011)
 PM’s declaration of nuclear crisis under control is being questioned (December 17, 2011)
 Japan can prosecute ‘on duty’ drunk-driving US servicemen (December 17, 2011)
 Time is ripe to call off plan to build a new US base![Editorial] (December 16, 2011)
 Actions held nationwide in solidarity with Korean sex slave victims (December 15, 2011)
 Statistics show how household income has declined (December 15, 2011)
 No local gov’t lowers childcare standards as proposed by state (December 15, 2011)
 Increasing job cuts at Sony (December 15, 2011)
 Percentage of non-regular workers mark record high (December 15, 2011)
 Osaka mayor and governor sing ‘Kimigayo’ on TV (December 14, 2011)
 DM to own military satellites (December 14, 2011)
 JCP Kasai attends celebration of return of Korean cultural assets (December 14, 2011)
 Japan should return to Kyoto Protocol without delay (December 13, 2011)
 Japan pays \700 bil. for US bases in Japan while US cuts its 212 bases in world (December 13, 2011)
 No temporary sites found to dump radioactive waste (December 11, 2011)
 More than half of college students receive scholarships in US and 5 European nations (December 11, 2011)
 Censure motion against Defense Minister adopted (December 10, 2011)
 Shii sums up extraordinary Diet session (December 10, 2011)
 JCP contributes to recovery from disaster with 900 million yen in donations and 20,000 volunteers (December 10, 2011)
 DPJ and LDP received 600 million yen from nuclear industry on top of depending heavily on gov’t subsidies (December 1, 2011)
 JCP political funding is supported by grassroots donations (December 1, 2011)
 Approval of Japan’s export of nuclear power plants postponed (December 3, 2011)
 Okinawa defense chief replaced over his demeaning remark (November 30, 2011)
 Okinawans angered by defense official’s ‘rape’ remark (November 30, 2011)
 Miyakojima residents oppose local deployment of SDF (December 2, 2011)
 Okinawa prefectural assembly protests against DM official’s outrageous remark (December 3, 2011)
 Panasonic’s brutal closure of TV panel factory (November 30, 2011)
 Workers win against dismissals for unionizing (December 3, 2011)
 Toyota Motor president’s tax burden is lighter than Warren Buffett’s (December 3, 2011)
 Rengo disgraced by DPJ-led government (December 6, 2011)
 Collect experts’ wisdom to defend safety  (November 5, 2011)
 Union wages campaign against LWR and N-submarines  (November 7, 2011)
 UN calls on Japan to eliminate discriminatory provisions against women from civil code (December 1, 2011)
 Woman member struggles for local assembly’s authorization of use of maiden name (December 1, 2011)
 Grad students: please lower tuitions (December 2, 2011)
 Cluster munitions holders should accept international treaty banning the munitions[Editorial] (December 4, 2011)
 JCP CC 4th Plenum: ‘Two-party’ system is facing a collapse (December 5, 2011)
 JCP mayor reelected for 5th consecutive term (December 5, 2011)
 TPP threatens access to affordable drugs (December 9, 2011)
 Workers’ opposition puts brake on 3 party’s intent to relax proposed regulations on use of temps (December 9, 2011)
 ISDS enables multinationals to sue governments (December 8&9, 2011)
 Osaka’s control of public schools violates law (December 8, 2011)