Government approves the plan to reduce 750 billion yen in medical costs (October 3, 2008 )
 JCP Ichida criticizes pension administration  (October 7, 2008 )
 Higher share to pay in medical bills hampers doctor visits (September 7, 2012)
 65% of female pensioners live on less than \1 mil annual income (August 18, 2012)
 URA should protect right of residence: JCP Kokuta (August 10, 2012)
 Court orders Kubota to compensate for asbestos damage (August 8&9, 2012)
 Welfare applicants concerned with requirement of kinship support (July 29, 2012)
 Stop government ‘reform’ of childcare services[Editorial] (December 22, 2008 )
 Akamine discusses with local gov’t issues regarding medical services on remote island (July 25, 2012)
 Minimum wage in 11 Japan prefectures below poverty level (July 21, 2012)
 Many disabled workers denied access to pension plan (July 21, 2012)
 Social security services system will be demolished (July 11, 2012)
 Citizens urge Tokyo to stop installing ex-police officers at welfare offices (July 11, 2012)
 Weekly anti-poverty action starts in front of PM’s office (July 19, 2012)
 Minamata disease victims call for relief without time limitation to submit application (July 4-6, 2012)
 60% find difficulty in making ends meet (July 6, 2012)
 Childcare center opens in leprosy sanatorium (July 2, 2012)
 ‘Comprehensive support’ bill for the disabled forcibly enacted (June 20, 2012)
 Kanagawa residents protest against closure of public facilities  (June 22, 2012)
 Kanagawa women say No to plan to wipe out all local public institutions (June 29, 2012)
 Disabled persons protest against ‘comprehensive support’ bill  (June 19, 2012)
 Change society to reduce high rate of suicide [Editorial] (June 13, 2012)
 Japanese Brazilians want their voice to be heard by Japanese gov’t (June 12, 2012)
 Disabled persons in Osaka oppose closing of sports facility (June 12, 2012)
 JCP assembly members request Tokyo gov’t to promote home-visit services for mental patients (June 9, 2012)
 Osaka mayor to abolish city symphonic orchestra (May 27, 2012)
 Poverty is cause of more people seeking welfare (May 31, 2012)
 Two major parties try to slash livelihood protection benefits (May 31 and June 1, 2012)
 Minimum wage hike would decrease livelihood protection spending (June 2, 2012)
 Public housing units decreased by 32,000 in 5 years (June 8, 2012)
 Support young workers to improve low birthrate[Editorial] (June 7, 2012)
 Deregulation of nursery operations leads to more children’s deaths (May 29, 2012)
 District court rejects asbestos victims’ demand for damages (May 26, 2012)
 High court denies Iressa victims’ demand for compensation (May 26, 2012)
 JCP Takahashi calls for establishment of guaranteed minimum pension program (May 25, 2012)
 Pro-vehicular bias of road administration kills pedestrians (May 20, 2012)
 More than half of the disabled live on less than 1 million yen annual income (May 9, 2012)
 JCP Takahashi criticizes gov’t for abandoning responsibility for child-care programs (May 11, 2012)
 PM Noda denies concept of minimum guaranteed pension (May 11, 2012)
 Parents campaign against privatization of childcare services (May 14, 2012)
 151 former tunnel workers seek compensation for lung disease (May 18, 2012)
 Gov’t’s sudden hospital sellout plan leads to local residents not receiving required medical services (May 17, 2012)
 Gov’t efforts toward women’s empowerment demanded (May 17, 2012)
 700 protesters call for better law to support the handicapped (April 27, 2012)
 Your Party-backed local mayor excessively cuts public services (April 25, 2012)
 To aggravate welfare system further increases poverty [Editorial] (April 16, 2012)
 Don’t abandon Minamata disease sufferers: JCP Ichida  (April 12 & 17, 2012)
 Ministry to install former police officers at welfare offices (April 8, 2012)
 Supreme Court turns down citizens’ call for ‘right to live’ (April 3, 2012)
 Osaka City calls for drastic cuts in public services (April 6, 2012)