580,000 people call for a budget hike for arts and culture (December 3, 2010)
 Tokyo gov’t must retract bill to restrict freedom of expression: JCP (December 2, 2010)
 Lower House passes bill to prolong controversial disabled person self-support law (November 22, 2010)
 Please abolish law to ‘help’ the disabled to be self-reliant! ( October 30, 2010)
 Childcare center to be constructed in leprosy sanatorium ( October 18, 2010)
 Hospitals want 24,000 more doctors ( September 30, 2010)
 More than 1.9 million people live on welfare assistance ( September 24, 2010)
 Elderly people’s rally calls for elimination of isolation of elderly ( September 13 and 14, 2010)
 JCP: Save facilities for disabled ( September 9, 2010)
 Children waiting to enter childcare centers reaches second highest ( September 7, 2010)
 National council formed for all Hepatitis patients’ relief ( August 26, 2010)
 Legislation for compensation to air raid victims[Editorial] ( August 25, 2010)
 Steps to prevent heatstroke deaths needed ( August 24, 2010)
 Why do so many Japanese feel uneasy? ( August 24, 2010)
 Residents call for continuation of public medical services ( August 24, 2010)
 Don’t allow lodging business to profit from poverty![Editorial] ( August 18, 2010)
 Air raid victims call on government to enact aid law ( August 15 2010)
 Shortage of 50,000 firefighters  ( July 16, 2010)
 For reliable childcare services(excerpts) [Editorial] ( July 8, 2010)
 Kitakyushu City appeals judicial order to restore livelihood protection (June 30, 2010)
 UN urges Japan to have child-friendly education system (June 27, 2010)
 Law to provide benefits to former internees in Siberia enacted (June 17, 2010)
 Benefits cuts for elderly unlawful: Fukuoka High Court  (June 15, 2010)
 2,000 disabled people in rally call for withdrawal of bill to revise ‘self-support’ law (June 9, 2010)
 JCP survey shows nursing care service users find financial burdens unbearable  (June 9, 2010)
 Mothers hold day of action calling for more childcare centers (June 2, 2010)
 Government appeals against ruling in asbestos exposure case  (June 2, 2010)
 Court rejects claim to reinstate additional benefits for elderly (May 28, 2010)
 Elderly citizens fight to have livelihood protection benefit reinstated (May 21, 2010)
 JCP holds symposium on solving issue of child-care center (May 19, 2010)
 Only 15% receive livelihood protection benefits (April 10, 2010)
 Health insurance cards back to people with low income ( April 8, 2010)
 Extra welfare benefits to single-mother families continue (April 2, 2010)
 Healthcare insurance premiums for elderly increased (April 2, 2010)
 Number of children waiting to enter child-care centers (March 26, 2010)
 State agrees to abolish disabled person self-support law (March 25, 2010)
 33 people died from delay in seeking medical care (March 12, 2010)
 Secure right to education for all children Akahata editorial [Editorial] (March 11, 2010)
 Japanese women celebrate 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day ( March 9, 2010)
 Don’t drive people to suicide by taking away medical care opportunity! - Akahata ‘Current’ column ( March 5, 2010)
 Koike calls for state’s health insurance budget to be increased (March 5, 2010)
 Minamata disease victims in metropolitan areas file lawsuit ( February 24, 2010)
  500 people rally opposing the closure of metropolitan hospitals for children  ( February 22, 2010)
 DPJ reduces number of long-term care beds in violation of its election promise ( February 22, 2010)
 Nationwide action for abolition of discriminatory health insurance system for the elderly ( February 20, 2010)
 JCP Koike talks with head of local medical association ( February 18, 2010)
 Nurses and care workers talk about harsh working conditions ( February 13 & 14, 2010)
 Beneficiary-pays principle of nursing insurance law prevents low-income elderly from receiving care: JCP Nihi ( February 5, 2010)
  Childcare service deregulation reduces quality of meals for children  ( February 5, 2010)
 Government plans further deregulation of childcare centers’ meal service (January 29, 2010)