Local court advises settlement of Minamata-disease lawsuit ( January 23, 2010)
Disabled and the state reach consensus on lawsuits over ‘self-support’ act (January 8, 2010)
Mother-children households earn less than livelihood protection benefits
( December 28, 2009)
Child-rearing allowance extended to fathers with dependent children ( December 25, 2009)
Rate of medical checkups drops among elderly aged 75 and older (December 21, 2009)
Welfare ministry to propose health insurance for high school students ( December 18, 2009)
Citizens’ group petitions budget for protecting people’s livelihoods (December 17, 2009)
JCP calls for relief measures for former leprosy patients ( December 17, 2009)
Sit-in held to protest against closure of three metropolitan children’s hospitals
( December 12, 2009)
Law enacted to give relief to all plaintiffs in A-bomb disease lawsuits ( December 2, 2009)
Hepatitis bill passes Lower House (November 27& December 1, 2009)
Hatoyama urged to establish fund to relieve A-bomb sufferers ( November 27 & 28, 2009)
Nearly one million people may be uninsured ( November 28, 2009)
Municipalities face shortage of staff for welfare assistance ( November 25, 2009)
Children’s deaths in childcare centers rapidly increase ( November 21, 2009)
Fathers with dependent children also seek child-rearing allowances ( November 19, 2009)
DPJ accepts closure of three metropolitan children’s hospitals ( November 19, 2009)
Government urged to make high schools tuition-free without delay ( November 19, 2009)
JCP calls for resumption of additional benefits for elderly ( November 18, 2009)
Medical practitioners demand three children’s hospitals open ( November 17, 2009)
Shinfujin determined to further develop women’s movement ( November 15 and 16, 2009)
Intractable disease patients hold rally against budget cuts ( November 15, 2009)
Gov.intends to remove safety standards at public childcare centers ( November 13, 2009)
35,000 people in rally urge government to protect jobs and livelihoods ( November 10, 2009)
Minister decides to deregulate minimum standards for childcare centers ( November 5, 2009)
Government tries to abolish welfare assistance in exchange for free tuition ( November 3, 2009)
10,000 people with disabilities demand abolition of ‘self-support’ law ( October 31, 2009)
Law to help hepatitis patients must be established without delay ( October 29, 2009)
JCP Koike demands abolishment of unjust medical system for elderly ( October 28, 2009)
Elimination of national standards for day-care centers threatens children’s safety ( October 26, 2009)
Health minister; new medical care schemefor elderly delayed ( October 24, 2009)
Rally for additional benefits for single-parent households ( October 22, 2009)
Japan’s poverty rate of 15.7% is highest level ( October 20, 2009)
Pensioners demand abolition of discriminatory system for the elderly ( October 16, 2009)
400 billion for Olympic should be used to improve living conditions ( October 15, 2009)
ILO report concerns pay requirement for disabled ( October 15, 2009)
More young people become homeless ( Sunday edition, Octover 11,2009)
Business of poverty should be eradicated - Akahata editorial (excerpts) ( October 11, 2009)
Number of households on welfare hits record high ( October 8, 2009)
Government hints at no longer fighting in disabled persons’ lawsuits ( September 25, 2009)
Health minister declares to replace present law on disabled with new one ( September 20, 2009)
Senior Citizens press to abolish discriminatory health insurance system ( September 15 & 16, 2009)
Disabled persons’ call for ‘Self-support’ law to be repealed is increasing ( September 7, 2009)
Disabled sues government and demands self-support law be repealed ( August 26, 2009 )
Emergency measures needed to deal with H1N1 influenza ( August 20, 2009)
Parents and staff meet to discuss better childcare system ( July 26-28, 2009 )
Bill to define ‘brain death as human death’ becomes law ( July 14, 2009)
Welfare ministry to consider ways for low-income earners’ medical treatment ( June 25, 2009 )
Ad hoc council proposed to determin criteria for children’s brain death (June 24, 2009)
JCP: Consensus must precede any decision to amend Organ Transplant Law ( June 19, 2009)