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)
 Only local business leaders invited to gov’t ‘public’ meetings on tax reform (January 22, 2012)
 PM Noda and his finance minister run after business circles (January 26, 2012)
 PM begs LDP and Komei Party to join in talks with DPJ for tax hike (January 25, 2012)
 DPJ becomes successor to LDP politics at its convention (January 17, 2012)
 Over half of public oppose consumption tax hike (January 16, 2012)
 Major papers all support for tax hike (January 15, 2012)
 Obama’s new ‘defense’ policy goes against world public opinion[Editorial] (January 15, 2012)
 Noda reshuffles his Cabinet to implement consumption tax hike and cuts in Diet seats (January 14, 2012)
 Gov’t decides on 10% consumption tax in 2015 (January 7, 2012)
 Political parties except JCP receive gov’t subsidies even in this year of disaster (December 21, 2011)
 TPP issue has medical associations rethinking continuing with DPJ support  (December 22, 2011)
 2012 draft budget shows DPJ became successor to LDP: Ichida (December 25, 2011)
 DPJ again breaches manifesto by resuming Yamba dam project (December 24, 2011)
 Lifting arms embargo contradicts spirit of peace constitution: Ichida (December 28, 2011)
 Half of Yanba dam-related contracts go to ‘Amakudari’ firms (January 6, 2012)
 Noda’s tax hike plan is totally irrational[Editorial] (January 6, 2012)
 Business and industrial circles lobby for resumption of N-power generation (January 5, 2012)
 Osaka mayor and governor sing ‘Kimigayo’ on TV (December 14, 2011)
 DM to own military satellites (December 14, 2011)
 Censure motion against Defense Minister adopted (December 10, 2011)
 Shii sums up extraordinary Diet session (December 10, 2011)
 DPJ and LDP received 600 million yen from nuclear industry on top of depending heavily on gov’t subsidies (December 1, 2011)
 JCP political funding is supported by grassroots donations (December 1, 2011)
 Approval of Japan’s export of nuclear power plants postponed (December 3, 2011)
 Construction of casinos in disaster-hit region is impermissible: JCP Daimon (December 7, 2011)
 Initiators of single-seat election system regret introducing the system (November 29, 2011)
 Diet enacts 3rd supplementary budget, a heavy blow to economy (November 22, 2011)
 Hold general election to raise consumption tax: LDP urges DPJ (November 11, 2011)
 Counter-public DPJ gov’t has no future (November 12, 2011)
 DPJ let its Manifesto die silently (November 7, 2011)
 PM in G20 promises 10% consumption tax hike in disregard of public opinion (November 5, 2011)
 FY 2012 subsidies to political parties will be increased (November 5, 2011)
 Shii takes up TPP, recovery funds, and Futenma base in Diet (November 2, 2011)
 PM will sow misery not ‘hope’: JCP Shii (October 29, 2011)
 Dietmembers forcibly selected to discuss constitutional revision (October 21 and 22, 2011)
 Shii speaks to JCP Dietmembers stance to take at extraordinary Diet session (October 21 and 22, 2011)
 Small-constituency system distorts public will: JCP Kokuta (October 22, 2011)
 Kasai takes part in 99%ers’ protest in Tokyo (October 16, 2011)
 JCP: Election system should be changed to proportional representation system (October 15, 2011)
 Political parties store up state subsidies without using or returning them (October 14, 2011)