JCP Kasai proposes universal suffrage at age 18 (March 23, 2012)
 Ministry prints 5 million copies of pamphlet for pro-constitutional revision public relations ploy (April 2, 2009 )
 Nationwide action held in protest against consumption tax increase (April 2, 2009)
 Deregulation to causal factor in loss of pension funds by investment firm[Editorial] (March 4, 2012)
 Only 0.06% of largest firms can receive R&D tax breaks (March 5, 2012)
 Ruling parties and opposition DPJ maintain cozy relationship  (April 15, 2009)
 LDP factions are busy collecting funds from corporations and paying little attention to collapse of job market (April 16, 2009 )
 All parties except JCP share 472 billion yen over 15 years (April 19, 2009)
 Chiba voters form group to reveal new governor’s allegation (April 21, 2009)
 Next budget funded by tax hike and cuts in welfare spending (March 9, 2012)
 JCP Yoshii calls on gov’t to stick to ban on arms exports (March 6 and 8, 2012)
 \270 million in donations from securities firms to LDP and DPJ for extending tax breaks (February 28, 2012)
 Appointing Ozawa as acting president shows DPJ has no sense of accountability regarding receipt of illegal funds from Nishimatsu: JCP Shii (May 20, 2009)
 LDP and DPJ call for cut in proportional representation seats  (May 25, 2009)
 Shii says supplementary budget does not help improve people’s livelihoods and nation’s economy (May 14, 2009 )
 Ichida criticizes DPJ for its inability to come clean and make attempt to end party corruption  (May 17, 2009)
 Former DPJ leader Ozawa appointed as acting president (May 18, 2009 )
 Appointing Ozawa as acting president, the DPJ follows old-LDP politics (May 19, 2009)
 Democratic Party’s election for party leader is far from convincing the public[Editorial] (May 17, 2009)
 New DPJ leader says it’s okay to start discussing constitutional revision (May 18, 2009)
 Scholars’ analyses shows DPJ as ambivalent and immature (May 18, 2009)
 Shii: Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary’s resignation shows Aso Cabinet as incurable (May 14, 2009)
 Corporations bought government policy of promoting ‘eco-point’ system (May 18, 2009)
 Rengo supports Noda gov’t consumption tax hike plan (February 18, 2012)
 Ways to secure funds for better welfare services without consumption tax hike (February 8, 2012)
 Japan holds preliminary talks with US to join TPP, harming public interest (February 9, 2012)
 Social security is a ‘mine of waste’: DPJ Maehara (February 10, 2012)
 Focus on household consumption and small firms to spur economic upturn: Shii (February 13, 2012)
 Cabinet pushes citizen ID law (February 15, 2012)
 Lawyers, union activists, citizens’ groups protest against cuts in Diet seats (February 7, 2012)
 Consumption tax hike may further deteriorate social welfare systems (February 7, 2012)
 DM considered using space technology for military purposes (February 3, 2012)
 Controversial dam construction decided within inner circle (February 2, 2012)
 Work together to block TPP: Shii at farmers meeting (February 1, 2012)
 Secret TPP negotiations undermine Japan’s interests: JCP Kami  (February 1, 2012)
 Consumption tax hike deals another blow to disaster victims: JCP Ichida (January 31, 2012)
 Consumption tax hike will harm economy[Editorial] (January 31, 2012)
 Why didn’t gov’t take minutes of post-3.11 discussions?[Editorial] (January 30, 2012)
 Your Party vows to act with Osaka Ishin-no-Kai (January 29, 2012)
 JCP Yamashita criticizes Osaka Mayor Hashimoto’s ‘dictatorship’ (January 29, 2012)
 Shii demands snap election to reflect public opinion (January 28, 2012)
 DPJ moves to cut proportional representation seats by 80 (January 18, 2012)
 Japan-U.S. military alliance lies behind a secret protection bill (January 18, 2012)
 Japan starts prior consultation on participation in TPP (January 18, 2012)
 Panel proposes ‘peace purpose only’ provision be deleted from space law (January 19, 2012)
 Diet seat cuts must not be used as tool for tax hike [Editorial] (January 19, 2012)
 Conservative critics start praising PM Noda (January 18, 2012)
 Local papers criticize proposal to eliminate 80 Diet seats (January 20, 2012)
 LDP unable to show itself to be different from DPJ (January 23, 2012)
 Many assemblies in Akita come out against consumption tax hike (January 22, 2012)