4,200 citizens rally to scrap anti-conspiracy bill (May 17, 2017)
 Post-typhoon reconstruction in Okinawa delayed by US live-fire drills (May 16, 2017)
 Gov’t should stop promoting coal-fired power generation[Editorial] (May 16, 2017)
 Buddhist priest criticizes religious group-backed Komei Party for supporting ‘anti-conspiracy’ bill (May 16, 2017)
 Okinawans’ solidarity 45 years after reversion to Japan, the power to stop new base construction[Editorial] (May 15, 2017)
 Okinawans have witnessed US aircraft crash once a year for half a century (May 15, 2017)
 Shii calls for efforts to not miss opportunity for diplomatic settlement of N. Korea issue (May 15, 2017)
 Abe’s proposal on Article 9 aimed at hampering citizens’ collaboration (May 14, 2017)
 US military puts Japanese ‘no war’ civic movements under surveillance (May 13, 2017)
 Contingent workers at after-school daycare facilities in Sapporo win withdrawal of dismissals (May 12, 2017)
 Shii sends congratulatory message to new South Korean President (May 12, 2017)
 JCP Kasai criticizes Japan-India nuclear pact for lacking provisions to deter India from conducting nuclear tests (May 11, 2017)
 Municipal assembly chairs in Okinawa jointly protest parachuting drills by US military (May 11, 2017)
 Gov’t plan to increase use of foreign workers without worker protection rules is unacceptable: JCP Tamura (May 11, 2017)
 JCP Koike expresses high expectations for South Korean president-elect in regard to East Asian peace and stability (May 11, 2017)
 New action against ‘anti-conspiracy bill’ starts outside Diet (May 10, 2017)
 Ex-high school teacher reveals reality of Koreans’ wartime forced labor in Fukushima (May 9 & 10, 2017)
 More than 70% of Okinawans: Heavy concentration of US bases is ‘unfair’ (May 10, 2017)
 Victims of police surveillance speak at rally to oppose ‘anti-conspiracy bill’ (May 10, 2017)
 Many newspapers criticize Abe’s declaration regarding a new constitution (May 10, 2017)
 Increase in surveillance of mentally-disabled people is unacceptable[Editorial] (May 10, 2017)
 Ogata conveys concern over Venezuelan situation to Venezuelan gov’t via embassy in Tokyo (May 10, 2017)
 This week’s JCP international activity (May 10, 2017)
 Abe’s political exploitation of Tokyo Olympics evokes nightmare of Hitler (May 9, 2017)
 2-day event for LGBT rights in Tokyo attracts over 100k people (May 3, 7 and 9, 2017)
 Tokyo JCP pledges to win cancellation of Tsukiji relocation in metropolitan assembly election (May 9, 2017)
 JCP international activities (April 26 & May 9)
 Nationwide peace march bound for Hiroshima/Nagasaki starts (May 7, 2017)
 US Forces in Japan offer mock military training to children at open-base event (May 7, 2017)
 US ship-based plane drops a machine screw (May 7, 2017)
 Ex-SDF officers parachute into positions with major defense contractors (May 7, 2017)
 JCP Koike denounces Abe’s call for legitimizing SDF (May 5, 2017)
 55,000 people rally to mark 70th year of enforcement of the peace Constitution (May 4, 2017)
 80% in NHK opinion poll: Article 9 contributes to Japan’s peace (May 1 and 3, 2017)
 JCP Koike issues statement on 70th anniversary of pacifist Constitution (May 3, 2017)
 Shii strongly protests sending of Japan’s warship to protect US vessel (May 2, 2017)
 Workers in May Day rallies resolve to protect 8-hour day and abolish ‘anti-conspiracy bill’ (May 2, 2017)
 3,000 Okinawans in ‘humiliation day’ rally resolve to continue to fight against Henoko base (April 30, 2017)
 Shii calls for nationwide support for Okinawans’ anti-US base struggles (April 30, 2017)
 Due to one-week holidays in Japan, our next update will be on May 12. 
 Shii: Both LDP and Abe administration causing moral collapse (April 28, 2017)
 65th year of Japan-US Security Treaty and San Francisco Peace Treaty[Editorial] (April 28, 2017)
 Media workers issue statement opposing ‘anti-conspiracy bill’ (April 28, 2017)
 Shii comments on US joint statement on North Korea and calls for diplomatic efforts to be pursued (April 28, 2017)
 Abe appoints nuclear power advocate as Fukushima reconstruction minister (April 27, 2017)
 4 IBM workers win revocation of their ‘lockout’ dismissals (April 27, 2017)
 JCP Kami obtains documents showing Japanese Army’s involvement in wartime sex slave system (April 27, 2017)
 Akahata, the canary in a coal mine (April 27, 2017)
 Cabinet minister insulting disaster victims must not remain in position: JCP Koike (April 26, 2017)
 Offshore work preliminary to landfill work commences in Henoko (April 26, 2017)