Osaka public school principal from private sector suddenly resigns (June 28, 2013)
 Power shouldn’t interfere in choice of textbooks by schools: JCP Tokyo (June 27 & 28, 2013)
 LDP scheming to force schools to use textbook glorifying past war of aggression (June 26, 2013)
 Intrusive moral education part of anti-school bullying law (June 20 & 22, 2013)
 Respect the right to know for families of bullied suicides: JCP Miyamoto (April 11, 2013)
 No personal alarms provided North Korean students in Machida City (April 6 & 9, 2013)
 Gov’t should stop harsh collection of scholarship loans: JCP Miyamoto (April 1&2, 2013)
 Total of 8.63 million call for better learning environment (March 2, 2013)
 Gov’t to exempt North Korean schools from tuition-free program (February 20, 2013)
 Top-down moral education is ineffective (February 28, 2013)
 Society with lack of access to higher education for economic reasons has no future[Editorial] (February 27, 2013)
 Kanagawa governor suspends subsidy for North Korean schools (February 15, 2013)
 Don’t exempt Korean schools from tuition-free program: students demand (February 8, 2013)
 Power company promotes nuclear power ‘safety myth’ in school (February 3, 2013)
 High school students and parents urge education board to work for elimination of physical punishment in school (January 31, 2013)
 Osakans criticize mayor’s call to cancel high school entrance exam (January 21 and 22, 2013)
 Teachers strive to defend disabled children’s right to learn (January 18, 2013)
 Physical punishment at school is ‘permissible’: Osaka mayor (January 11, 2013)
 Senior high students rally to demand free education (December 25, 2012)
 Private college teachers and students call for lower tuitions (November 14, 2012)
 Government approves plan to tighten control of education (July 2, 2008 )
 JCP holds talks regarding issue of high university tuitions  (July 3, 2008 )
 Students share experiences in activities calling for reduction of tuitions (July 8, 2008 )
 Japan’s poor educational environment among OECD (October 1 & 2, 2012)
 Gov’t accepts international covenant on free higher education (September 14, 2012)
 A student living in an apartment needs more than two million yen to enroll in private university (October 7, 2008 )
 Tokyo education board intervenes in high schools’ selection of textbooks (September 13, 2012)
 2012 national education assembly focuses on bullying problem (August 19-21, 2012)
 Zengakuren convention calls for drastic increase in education budget (March 4, 2009 )
 Action held against blacklisting student loan recipients  (March 6, 2009)
 Tokyo education board praises Japan’s past war in supplementary textbook (April 10, 2012)
 Osaka Mayor forces city workers to endorse ‘Kimigayo’ (April 7, 2012)
 Student loan borrowers will be blacklisted if repayment is 3 months overdue (March 23, 2009)
 Osaka school principal checked if teachers sing ‘Kimigayo’ (March 15, 2012)
 100,000 signatures opposing Osaka governor’s attempt to control education submitted (March 16, 2012)
 ‘Kimigayo’ singing bill forced through in Osaka City ( March 1, 2012)
 Osaka’s education ordinance forces control and competition (Part 1) (March 2, 2012)
 Osaka’s education ordinance forces control and competition (Part 2) (March 3, 2012 )
 Osaka’s education ordinance imposes control and competition (Part 3) (March 4, 2012)
 JCP Miyamoto demands that gov’t introduce grant-type scholarship programs (February 23, 2012)
 Court dismisses ex-high school principal’s claim against unfair rejection of reemployment (January 31, 2012)
 Top court nullifies teachers’ suspension and pay cut (January 17, 2012)
 More than half of college students receive scholarships in US and 5 European nations (December 11, 2011)
 Grad students: please lower tuitions (December 2, 2011)
 Osaka’s control of public schools violates law (December 8, 2011)
 Well-known public figures oppose Osaka ordinance interfering in public education (November 18, 2011)
 Gov’t should stop intervening in textbook use[Editorial] (November 1, 2011)
 Osaka governor uses abusive words toward P.E.N. Club (October 25, 2011)
 Osaka governor clashes with educational board members (October 28, 2011)
 Academics from Yokohama point out problems with nationalist-biased history textbook (September 22, 2011)