Isuzu non-regular workers unionize against major dismissal (December 14, 2008)
 Postponing WTO ministerial meeting is proof of need to establish democratic rules  (December 14, 2008)
 Japan is in danger of isolation over the issue of climate change (December 14, 2008)
 Government induces public anxiety by clinging to tax hike[Editorial] (December 14, 2008)
 Ruling parties railroad through two controversial bills in Lower House by overriding Upper House rejections (December 13, 2008)
 Shii criticizes abuse of Lower House majority to override Upper House rejections (December 13, 2008)
 Contract workers at Oita Canon join union and keep places to live (December 12, 2008)
 JCP Chair Shii says struggle by contingent workers has begun (December 12, 2008 )
 Defense chief promises to review SDF Joint Staff College’s ‘historical view’ program (December 12, 2008)
 JCP supports bill to review postal service privatization (December 12, 2008)
 U.S. F/A-18 fighter jet took part in training exercise in Okinawa (December 11, 2008)
 JCP in Diet demands government stop using tax money to assist in unjustifiable Iraq and Afghan wars (December 11, 2008)
 Japan must reject WTO chair proposal in agriculture talks[Editorial] (December 11, 2008 )
 Lower House committee approves bill to issue short-term health insurance cards to households with children (December 11, 2008)
 Defense ministry requests 100 billion yen to help in realignment of U.S. forces in Japan  (December 10, 2008)
 More temporary workers at Isuzu go to court demanding withdrawal of their dismissals (December 10, 2008 )
 Labor Ministry orders its local bureaus to give corporations guidance over illegal dismissals of contingent workers (December 10, 2008 )
 JCP Dietmember meets with CPV delegation on legislative activities (December 10, 2008)
 Farmers urge government to reject draft of WTO agriculture agreement  (December 9, 2008)
 JCP Ichida says Aso Cabinet is at dead end (December 9, 2008)
 Activists take to the streets for peace action marking 67th anniversary of Pacific War (December 9, 2008)
 Shii meets with Singaporean ambassador (December 9, 2008)
 Large number of the elderly will likely lose health insurance under adversely revised system (December 8, 2008)
 We must continue to question Japan’s historical mistake: war of aggression [Editorial] (December 8, 2008)
 Yokosuka residents hold action against U.S. nuclear-powered warship (December 7 & 8, 2008)
 Canon fires contingent workers while adding 280 billion yen in surplus funds (December 7, 2008)
 JCP Chair Shii holds talks with Prime Minister Aso  ( December 6, 2008)
 Zenroren calls on government to secure jobs (December 6, 2008)
 Japan-proposed U.N. resolution fails to focus on abolition of nuclear weapons[Editorial] (December 6, 2008)
 Shii submits to government an urgent plan to defend jobs and SMEs (December 5, 2008)
 Workers in rally call for fundamental revision of the Worker Dispatch Law (December 5, 2008)
 Union fights against IBM Japan’s 1,000 dismissal plan  (December 5, 2008)
 Residents demands that state pay damages for mental suffering caused by SDF shells (December 5, 2008)
 Contingent workers at Isuzu Motors form a labor union (December 4, 2008)
 New Japan Women’s Association has day of action calling for life free of anxieties  (December 4, 2008)
 Democratic organizations hold rally in front of the Diet ( December 4, 2008)
 Urge Obama to fulfill promise to abolish nuclear weapons: Japan Gensuikyo (December 3, 2008)
 Labor Minister promises to investigate Isuzu’s illegal dismissals (December 3, 2008)
 U.S. Marines on Okinawa training with Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles ( December 3, 2008)
 U.S. Air Force conducts operation readiness exercise in Okinawa (December 3, 2008)
 USFJ makes another helicopter emergency landing (December 3, 2008)
 Residents foil ASDF Tsuiki base expansion plan  ( December 3, 2008)
 Tamogami question must be traced back to his appointment[Editorial] (December 3, 2008)
 JCP proposes one-on-one debate between Shii and Aso (December 2, 2008)
 Residents protest against Japan-U.S. joint military exercise (December 2, 2008)
 JCP announces proposal for remaking support system for disabled persons (December 2, 2008)
 Ichida: Government is responsible in regard to three points concerning jobs (December 1, 2008 )
 Disabled persons in rally call for abolition of ‘self-support’ law (December 1, 2008)
 1 trillion yen has been committed to U.S. military realignment (November 30, 2008)
 Stop all forms of support to war[Editorial] (November 29, 2008 )