Odawara City employees insult welfare recipients (January 19 & 24, 2017)
 LDP-turned-JCP candidate wins city assembly election (January 24, 2017)
 Education Ministry illegally offers ‘parachuting’ support to its retired officials (January 19-23, 2017)
 Labor bureau instructs KEPCO president to stop forcing workers to work long hours (January 23, 2017)
 JCP Chair Shii issues statement on Trump’s presidency (January 22, 2017)
 Meiji Univ. puts full-page ad opposing military research in major dailies (January 22, 2017)
 PM Abe spurs legislators to change peace Constitution (January 21, 2017)
 Shii calls on JCP parliamentarians to conduct Diet discussions making full use of 27th Congress resolution (January 21, 2017)
 Tokyo will hold ex-Gov. Ishihara accountable in court on Toyosu market issue (January 21, 2017)
 JCP Koike on Emperor’s abdication issue: Diet discussion fully reflecting public opinion is necessary (January 20, 2017)
 2017 spring struggle for 20,000 yen monthly wage hike begins (January 19 & 20, 2017)
 Sponsor of TV program slandering anti-US base protesters has ties with rightwing extremists (January 20, 2017)
 JCP 27th Congress resolution raises banner of opposition coalition gov’t (January 19, 2017)
 Nouminren calls for overthrowing Abe gov’t for destroying domestic agriculture (January 19, 2017)
 Keidanren sticks to its collapsed policy regarding wage increase (January 19, 2017)
  Labor Ministry instructs 6,659 business entities to rectify breaches of labor laws  (January 19, 2017)
 War laws will require commercial transport companies and engineers to go to battlefields (January 18, 2017)
 MX TV has so-what attitude toward criticism for televising unfounded rumors about protests against US helipads in Takae (January 18, 2017)
 Farmers resolve to keep fighting until Abe gov’t fully gives up on TPP (January 17, 2017)
 Richest get richer, poor get poorer: international NGO report (January 17, 2017)
 Tokyo JCP demands drastic review of plan to move Tsukiji market to Toyosu (January 17, 2017)
 Protect visually-impaired persons from falling from station platforms[Editorial] (January 17, 2017)
 Historic JCP Congress attracts wide attention (January 16, 2017)
 Shii in draft resolution report calls for utilizing wisdom and power for success in opposition parties’ cooperation (January 16, 2017)
 Gov’t explanation on anti-conspiracy bill resembles prewar explanation on similar law (January 15, 2016)
 Benzene 79 times higher than legal limit detected in Tokyo’s proposed new fish market site (January 15, 2017)
 Abe promotes sale of coal-fired plants (January 14, 2017)
 ‘Evil corporation award’-winning company takes it out on union (January 13 and 14, 2017)
 Education ministry puts brake on firing of part-time university teachers (January 12 & 14, 2017)
 ‘Conspiracy bill’ will punish citizens for their thoughts and beliefs[Editorial] (January 13, 2017)
 Parents worrying about children’s future debts avoid ‘scholarship’ loans (January 13, 2016)
 This week’s JCP international activities (January 13, 2017)
 Large majority of local bar associations oppose ‘conspiracy bill’ (January 12, 2017)
 Militarization of economy will lead to collapse of Japan: economics professor (January 12, 2017)
 Mitsubishi Electric referred to prosecutors for violation of work hour rules (January 12, 2017)
 Defense Ministry uses aircraft purchased for disaster assistance in joint military drill with US (January 11, 2017)
 Union campaign blocks planned closure of public hospital (January 11, 2017)
 US soldier parachutes onto farmer’s field from Osprey (January 11, 2017)
 JMITU local at IT firm wins in labor talks for cuts in overwork (January 10, 2017)
 Civil Alliance holds this year’s first street action together with opposition parties (January 8 & 9, 2017)
 PM Abe’s diplomatic policy reaches deadlock (January 9, 2017)
 What role should Japan play in global refugee issue? (January 9, 2017)
 JCP Diet debate victory leads to reducing taxation loopholes (January 5 & 7, 2016)
  ‘6th and 9th’ antinuke action takes place across Japan in face of launch of NWC talks (January 7, 2017)
 Commercial TV program slanders Okinawans opposing US base construction (January 7, 2017)
 With renewed determination, Okinawans rally to block Henoko base construction (January 5&6, 2017)
 Okinawa governor condemns restarting of US Ospreys’ air refueling drills (January 6, 2017)
 Non-regular postal workers fighting in court for fair treatment (January 6, 2017)
 Niigata Gov. Yoneyama to TEPCO: I will reject restarting of NPP (January 6, 2016)
 Defeat Abe’s attempt to revise the pacifist Constitution on its 70th anniversary[Editorial] (January 5, 2017)