JCP calls for total ban on corporate political donations in response to Cabinet minister’s bribery scandal (February 4, 2016)
 Family of SDF member who attempted suicide sues central gov’t (February 4, 2016)
 Civil groups working to help and support sexual assault victims hold rally to discuss necessary legal framework (February 4, 2016)
 Audit Board regarded secrecy law as constitutionally controversial (February 3, 2016)
 Gov’t’s plan to cut public job placement services would undermine people’s right to work (February 3, 2016)
 High court rules SDF monitoring of public unconstitutional (February 3, 2016)
 Truck drivers and owners will jointly work on antiwar signature-collection drive (February 2, 2016)
 Okinawa Pref. enters another lawsuit against central gov't over US base construction (February 2, 2016)
 JMIU and telecommunication workers’ union form a new union (February 2, 2016)
 Visually impaired persons call on Transport Ministry to improve safety at train stations (February 2, 2016)
 Koike: ‘Same job same pay’ principle should be written into labor law (February 1, 2016)
 Abe gov’t seeks free hand to issue bonds in order to finance anti-people budget (February 1, 2016)
 Kadena base receives additional US fighter jets in contrast to gov’t explanation on cuts in Okinawa’s base burdens (January 31, 2016)
 Nobel laureate Omura opposes plan to close evening high school classes in Tokyo (January 31, 2016)
 BOJ’s minus rate policy underlines failure of Abenomics (January 30, 2016)
 PM chooses pro-Yasukuni lawmaker to be new economy minister (January 30, 2016)
 Reactivation of Takahama NPP sparks protest actions around country (January 30, 2016)
 Yamashita urges PM to secure decent housing for disaster victims (January 29, 2016)
 Economy minister’s resignation will not put end to his bribery allegations: Yamashita (January 29, 2016)
 Court nullifies Japan Post’s dismissal of contract worker (January 29, 2016)
 Referendum bill on Ikata NPP rejected in local city (January 29, 2016)
 Shii presents proposal for economic revitalization (January 28, 2016)
 Union workers ready themselves for spring wage offensive (January 28, 2016)
 Head of workers’ alpine federation talks about Japanese mountaineering federation involvement in past wars (January 28, 2016)
 Rightists strengthen grassroots efforts to gain public support for adding emergency clause to the Constitution (January 27, 2016)
 ‘Early-bird shift’ system for gov’t employees has little effect in reducing overtime work (January 27, 2016)
 PM Abe should apologize to us directly: ex-‘comfort women’ (January 27, 2016)
 7 laid-off Shiseido temps win out-of-court settlement (January 26, 2016)
 Block the way to Abe version of Hitler’s Enabling Act (January 26, 2016)
 Abe-backed candidate wins mayoral election by tricking Ginowan voters (January 26, 2016)
 Keidanren dislikes calling proposed bill the ‘zero-overtime payment’ bill (January 26, 2016)
 PM speech on TPP cannot mask risky nature of free trade[Editorial] (January 25, 2016)
 Anti-base candidate puts up good fight in Ginowan mayoral election (January 25, 2016)
 News media should not tone down criticism of Abe gov’t: critic (January 24, 2016)
 High school students call for joining in demos to repeal war legislation (January 23, 2016)
 Abe in his policy speech shuts his ears to public criticism of war legislation[Editorial] (January 23, 2016)
 26 US fighters fly to Yokota AB, largest number since Vietnam War (January 22 & 23, 2016)
 Economy minister Amari suspected of taking bribes (January 22, 2016)
 Drivers’ union condemns deregulation in bus business (January 22, 2016)
 Court disapproves of recognizing flight mechanic as having died from overwork (January 22, 2016)
 JCP Dietmembers survey gov’t compliance in monitoring of bus companies (January 22, 2016)
 Labor think tank: monthly pay hike of 59,000 yen is possible (January 21, 2016)
 Taxi drivers with safety concerns oppose rideshare service (January 21, 2016)
 More than half of Dietmembers agree to reinstate grant program for legal apprentices (January 21, 2016)
 This week’s JCP international activity (January 21, 2016)
 Planned consumption tax hike will deliver heavier blow to people’s livelihoods (January 20, 2016)
 Sasebo most likely to become sortie base for Japanese version of marines (January 20, 2016)
 Keidanren in wage negotiation guidelines takes hostile stance toward elimination of wage gaps (January 20, 2016)
 PM Abe admits poverty spreading in Japan (January 19, 2016)
 JCP Koike: Unreasonable plan to raise consumption tax rate should be cancelled (January 19, 2016)