Defense Ministry: GSDF Osprey that failed to take off was actually ‘wrecked’ (November 15, 2024)
 JCP assemblypersons in Chiba Pref. demand that GSDF Ospreys be grounded (November 12, 2024)
 SDF frequently holds joint drills with foreign military forces other than US forces without legal grounds (November 6, 2024)
 Hokkaido citizens protest against planned live-fire drills by US Marines (September 8, 2024)
 Civic group in Miyagi urges prefectural and defense authorities to cancel Japan-France joint military drills (September 5, 2024)
 Number of SDF mid-career retirees tops 6,200, the largest ever (August 31, 2024)
 SDF participated in 66 military drills with European and Indo-Pacific troops in FY2022 (August 26, 2024)
 JCP Yamazoe calls for probe into SDF scandals which resulted in unprecedented mass punishment (July 13, 2024)
 Number of members who quit SDF sharply increases (July 2, 2024)
 SDF may set sights on children in needy families as future recruitment targets (June 12, 2024)
 SDF plans to entertain public high school teachers involved in job guidance in Miyagi (May 23, 2024)
 Uruma citizens oppose gov’t plan to build GSDF training field near youth center (March 21, 2024)
 Amid fierce protest from Okinawans, anti-ship missile equipment deployed in SDF base in Uruma City (March 11, 2024)
 Okinawa-elected opposition lawmakers urge gov’t to abandon plan to deploy SDF anti-ship missile unit to Uruma City (September 7, 2023)
 JCP parliamentarians urge Defense Ministry to keep GSDF Ospreys grounded (September 6, 2023)
 Over 60% of municipal governments provide citizens’ personal data without their consent to SDF (August 16, 2023)
 JCP in Ishikawa calls for cancellation of Japan-Italy and Japan-Australia joint military air exercises (August 2, 2023)
 Number of suicides committed by SDF personnel increased by 1.4 times over last year (July 29, 2023)
 JCP Nihi demands cancellation of Japan-France joint military drills (July 25, 2023)
 Japan's ASDF participates in US-led multinational air mobility drill (July 5, 2023)
 Uruma citizens rally to scrap Tokyo’s plan to deploy anti-ship missiles to SDF base (June 5, 2023)
 Japanese gov’t deploys missiles to Amami-Oshima Island - a World Natural Heritage site (May 7, 2023)
 In SDF, harassment increases more than 16-fold (April 12, 2023)
 SDF-Australia-UK troops may use bases in Japan for joint military exercises (April 11, 2023)
 JCP Nihi demands cancellation of Osprey deployment to Saga (March 23, 2023)
 3 Hokkaido cities provide 60K citizens’ personal data to SDF recruiters (February 28, 2023)
 JCP Inoue: To train Myanmar military officers will hurt international trust in Japan (May 3, 2022)
 Japan’s Defense Ministry trains military personnel from Myanmar (February 13, 2020)
 Ground SDF plans to use Kyoto St. for military cargo shipment (September 24 & 27, 2021)
 Japan-US-France joint military drills held amid pandemic (May 11, 2021)
 ASDF refuels US military aircraft in Guam (February 28, 2021)
 State ordered to compensate victim for bullying at National Defense Academy (December 10, 2020)
 Chiba citizens rally to demand cancellation of SDF Osprey deployment (November 8, 2020)
 'Temporary' deployment of JSDF Osprey aircraft to Kisarazu base starts (July 11, 2020)
 Number of people who want to join SDF is decreasing (March 23, 2020)
 Article 9 protection activists oppose MSDF dispatch to Middle East (January 9, 2020)
 SDF dispatch will increase tensions in the Middle East and is unacceptable: Koike (December 28, 2019)
 Kisarazu mayor gives nod to ‘temporary’ deployment of Ospreys to local SDF base (December 26, 2019)
 LDP’s attempt to block local referendum over SDF base construction in Ishigaki City foiled (December 17, 2019)
 Abe gov’t seeks to send SDF to Middle East without obtaining Diet approval (December 3, 2019)
 Maritime SDF let junior high school students handle guns in vocational experience program (November 22, 2019)
 Abe government to consider dispatching SDF to Middle East (October 19, 2019)
 Ishigaki islanders seek referendum on deployment of GSDF missile base (September 20, 2019)
 GSDF memorial service for Okinawa Battle commander glorifies ex-Imperial Army: Okinawa Peace Committee (June 24, 2019)
 Local residents angry over false data concerning Aegis Ashore deployment plan (June 6 and 9, 2019)
 Chiba JCP urges Defense Ministry to cancel plan to deploy SDF Ospreys to Chiba (June 1, 2019)
 US-made state-of-the-art fighter crashes into sea off Aomori (April 11, 2019)
 Miyakojima residents stage protest to demand removal of missile base (April 7 and 8, 2019)
 Unification of Japanese and US command centers promoted under Abe’s intent to change Japan into war-fighting nation (April 3, 2019)
 Possibly because of war laws, young people shy away from joining SDF (March 18, 2019)