Japan Press Weekly

(November 15, 2024)

Defense Ministry: GSDF Osprey that failed to take off was actually ‘wrecked’

(November 12, 2024)

JCP assemblypersons in Chiba Pref. demand that GSDF Ospreys be grounded

(November 6, 2024)

SDF frequently holds joint drills with foreign military forces other than US forces without legal grounds

(September 8, 2024)

Hokkaido citizens protest against planned live-fire drills by US Marines

(September 5, 2024)

Civic group in Miyagi urges prefectural and defense authorities to cancel Japan-France joint military drills

(August 31, 2024)

Number of SDF mid-career retirees tops 6,200, the largest ever

(August 26, 2024)

SDF participated in 66 military drills with European and Indo-Pacific troops in FY2022

(July 13, 2024)

JCP Yamazoe calls for probe into SDF scandals which resulted in unprecedented mass punishment

(July 2, 2024)

Number of members who quit SDF sharply increases

(June 12, 2024)

SDF may set sights on children in needy families as future recruitment targets

(May 23, 2024)

SDF plans to entertain public high school teachers involved in job guidance in Miyagi

(March 21, 2024)

Uruma citizens oppose gov’t plan to build GSDF training field near youth center

(March 11, 2024)

Amid fierce protest from Okinawans, anti-ship missile equipment deployed in SDF base in Uruma City

(September 7, 2023)

Okinawa-elected opposition lawmakers urge gov’t to abandon plan to deploy SDF anti-ship missile unit to Uruma City

(September 6, 2023)

JCP parliamentarians urge Defense Ministry to keep GSDF Ospreys grounded

(August 16, 2023)

Over 60% of municipal governments provide citizens’ personal data without their consent to SDF

(August 2, 2023)

JCP in Ishikawa calls for cancellation of Japan-Italy and Japan-Australia joint military air exercises

(July 29, 2023)

Number of suicides committed by SDF personnel increased by 1.4 times over last year

(July 25, 2023)

JCP Nihi demands cancellation of Japan-France joint military drills

(July 5, 2023)

Japan's ASDF participates in US-led multinational air mobility drill

(June 5, 2023)

Uruma citizens rally to scrap Tokyo’s plan to deploy anti-ship missiles to SDF base

(May 7, 2023)

Japanese gov’t deploys missiles to Amami-Oshima Island - a World Natural Heritage site

(April 12, 2023)

In SDF, harassment increases more than 16-fold

(April 11, 2023)

SDF-Australia-UK troops may use bases in Japan for joint military exercises

(March 23, 2023)

JCP Nihi demands cancellation of Osprey deployment to Saga

(February 28, 2023)

3 Hokkaido cities provide 60K citizens’ personal data to SDF recruiters

(May 3, 2022)

JCP Inoue: To train Myanmar military officers will hurt international trust in Japan

(February 13, 2020)

Japan’s Defense Ministry trains military personnel from Myanmar

(September 24 & 27, 2021)

Ground SDF plans to use Kyoto St. for military cargo shipment

(May 11, 2021)

Japan-US-France joint military drills held amid pandemic

(February 28, 2021)

ASDF refuels US military aircraft in Guam

(December 10, 2020)

State ordered to compensate victim for bullying at National Defense Academy

(November 8, 2020)

Chiba citizens rally to demand cancellation of SDF Osprey deployment

(July 11, 2020)

'Temporary' deployment of JSDF Osprey aircraft to Kisarazu base starts

(March 23, 2020)

Number of people who want to join SDF is decreasing

(January 9, 2020)

Article 9 protection activists oppose MSDF dispatch to Middle East

(December 28, 2019)

SDF dispatch will increase tensions in the Middle East and is unacceptable: Koike

(December 26, 2019)

Kisarazu mayor gives nod to ‘temporary’ deployment of Ospreys to local SDF base

(December 17, 2019)

LDP’s attempt to block local referendum over SDF base construction in Ishigaki City foiled

(December 3, 2019)

Abe gov’t seeks to send SDF to Middle East without obtaining Diet approval

(November 22, 2019)

Maritime SDF let junior high school students handle guns in vocational experience program

(October 19, 2019)

Abe government to consider dispatching SDF to Middle East

(September 20, 2019)

Ishigaki islanders seek referendum on deployment of GSDF missile base

(June 24, 2019)

GSDF memorial service for Okinawa Battle commander glorifies ex-Imperial Army: Okinawa Peace Committee

(June 6 and 9, 2019)

Local residents angry over false data concerning Aegis Ashore deployment plan

(June 1, 2019)

Chiba JCP urges Defense Ministry to cancel plan to deploy SDF Ospreys to Chiba

(April 11, 2019)

US-made state-of-the-art fighter crashes into sea off Aomori

(April 7 and 8, 2019)

Miyakojima residents stage protest to demand removal of missile base

(April 3, 2019)

Unification of Japanese and US command centers promoted under Abe’s intent to change Japan into war-fighting nation

(March 18, 2019)

Possibly because of war laws, young people shy away from joining SDF