U.S. Air Force and Marines conduct major joint exercises at Kadena base; local town protests (December 4, 2007)
 Rally held to demand revocation of education ministry instruction on wartime accounts in textbooks (December 4, 2007)
 Japan-proposed U.N. resolution will not be effective for abolition of nuclear weapons[Editorial] (December 3, 2007)
 Defense lawmakers crowd around weapons procurement (December 3, 2007)
 Stop relocation of U.S. War Headquarters to Zama; 13,000 participate in rally (December 3, 2007)
 U.S. sailor arrested for attack on 2 women near naval base in Yokosuka (December 3, 2007)
 Intractable disease patients demand budget increase for treatment (December 3, 2007)
 11,000 rally against government cut in subsidies for Iwakuni City in retaliation for city’s opposition to deployment of U.S. fighter jets (December 2, 2007)
 Japan’s second PAC-3 deployed near Tokyo (December 1, 2007)
 Welfare Ministry intends to reduce livelihood protection benefits (December 1, 2007)
 Court rules Toyota worker died from overwork (December 1, 2007)
 Rally held in Tokyo demanding government redress discrimination against 1,047 railway workers (December 1, 2007)
 Yamada Corp. has won defense contracts at 99.9 % upper limit for spending (November 30, 2007)
 Upper House passes bill to withdraw SDF from Iraq (November 29, 2007)
 2 labor laws enacted; JCP votes against (November 28 & 29, 2007)
 Newly enacted labor contract law will not protect labor rights (November 27 & 29, 2007)
 Ex-vice defense minister arrested for bribery (November 29, 2007)
 Shii meets with Nicaraguan Ambassador (November 29, 2007)
 Scandal-tainted arms dealer bought a total of 15.6 million yen of fundraising tickets from 17 politicians in 12 years (November 28, 2007)
 JCP mayor reelected for 4th consecutive term (November 28 & 29, 2007)
 JCP Yamashita urges prime minister to abandon ‘structural reform’ policies (November 27, 2007)
 Cabin attendants sue JAL and its largest union for secretly collecting their personal data (November 27, 2007)
 JCP Chair Shii holds talks with Vietnamese President Triet (November 27, 2007)
 Japan must end ‘sympathy budget’ supporting stationing of U.S. forces in Japan[Editorial] (November 26, 2007)
 1,200 people participate in Article 9 Association’s 2nd national exchange meeting (November 25, 2007)
 Can Fukuda diplomacy based on Japan-U.S. alliance bring about ‘synergy’ with Asia?[Editorial] (November 24, 2007)
 DYLJ holds 33rd congress (November 24-26, 2007)
 JCP Shii holds talks with prime minister (November 23, 2007)
 Let’s scrap new anti-terrorism special measures bill: Japan Peace Conference in Okinawa (November 23-26, 2007)
 Controversial U.S. private military company guards missile-defense radar installed at U.S. base in Japan (November 22, 2007)
 LDP study panel proposes raising consumption tax by renaming it ‘social services tax’ (November 22, 2007)
 Shii holds talks with CPV delegation (November 22, 2007)
 What is ‘Annual U.S. Reform Recommendations’ all about? (November 21, 2007)
 JCP proposes amendment to the bill to revise minimum wage law (November 21 & 23, 2007)
 Nukaga helped construction firm win contract: former regional Defense Facilities Administration Bureau chief (November 21, 2007)
 Fingerprinting of foreign visitors infringes on human rights (November 21, 2007)
 Government Tax Commission proposes consumption tax hike (November 21, 2007)
 Ceremony to mark completion of government Isahaya Bay reclamation project held amid protests (November 21& 22, 2007)
 Government takes measures to curb intense taxi competition (November 21, 2007)
 JCP-CPV theoretical exchange talks end (November 21, 2007)
 JCP-CPV theoretical exchange meeting begins (November 20, 2007)
 Former defense chief admits selling his fundraiser tickets to defense contractor (November 20, 2007 )
 JCP sets up task force to look into military procurement scandal (November 20, 2007)
 Government fiscal panel proposes consumption tax hike (November 20, 2007)
 Ichida visits Bangladesh ambassador to offer sympathy for cyclone damages (November 20, 2007)
 Set to work without delay on anti-cluster bomb treaty [Editorial] (November 19, 2007)
 Rally held to demand an end to discrimination against former national railway workers (November 19, 2007 )
 Fukuda pledges to Bush to make ‘utmost effort’ to resume MSDF refueling mission (November 18, 2007)
 On Japan-U.S. summit talks: JCP Shii (November 18, 2007)
 Kakushinkon holds annual national exchange meeting with largest number of participants ever (November 18, 2007)