Residents demands that state pay damages for mental suffering caused by SDF shells (December 5, 2008)
 Residents foil ASDF Tsuiki base expansion plan  ( December 3, 2008)
 Tamogami question must be traced back to his appointment[Editorial] (December 3, 2008)
 Defense minister says selection of lecturers for Joint Staff College’s history program was not appropriate (November 22, 2008)
 Lecturers for Joint Staff Academy’s history program praise Japan’s war of aggression (November 20, 2008 )
 SDF academy head replaced over sexual harassment (November 15, 2008)
 Ousted ASDF chief appears before the Diet (November 12, 2008)
 NGO representative testifies: Sending troops increases terror (November 6, 2008)
 Sending SDF helicopters to Afghanistan to assist in war is unconstitutional[Editorial] (November 5, 2008 )
 Politics that made General Tamogami so arrogant [Editorial] (November 2, 2008)
 Air force chief dismissed over essay on Japan's aggression during World War II (November 1, 2008)
 Shii says JCP will fight against bill to extend Self-Defense Force deployment in the Indian Ocean (October 17, 2008)
 Ruling parties and opposition DPJ agree to put the bill to extend SDF operation in the Indian Ocean to vote on Oct. 20 (October 11, 2008)
 DPJ makes about-face with general election in mind (October 10, 2008)
 Japanese ASDF’s participation in assistance to Iraq proven to be a mistake[Editorial] (September 12, 2008 )
 What is behind LDP’s scenario to extend Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Law? (September 11, 2008 )
 Government ordered to compensate for SDF sailor’s suicide (August 26, 2008)
 Integrating SDF intelligence security units similar to prewar MP cannot be allowed: [Editorial] (August 13, 2008)
 Government panel calls for revision of civilian control of SDF (July 16, 2008)
 Ruling block team issues interim report on permanent law for SDF mission abroad  (June 20, 2008)
 Government wants to send GSDF to Afghanistan (June 6, 2008)
 Shii rebukes Fukuda’s call for force deployment to Afghanistan (June 2, 2008)
 Air SDF secretly studied about ‘military tribunal’ to be established before constitutional revision  (May 13, 2008)
 Court recognition of SDF dispatch to Iraq as unconstitutional established (May 3 and 4, 2008)
 Armed Ground SDF members parade down local streets (April 27, 2008)
 Suicide rate among SDF members returning from Iraq is far higher than that of U.S. soldiers (April 24, 2008)
 GSDF member arrested for murder (April 23, 2008)
 JCP criticizes government’s reaction to high court ruling on ASDF mission in Iraq  ( April 22, 2008)
 Accept court decision and pull SDF out of Iraq now[Editorial] (April 19, 2008)
 Foreign minister dismisses high court judge over ruling (April 19, 2008)
 SDF activities in Iraq violate the Constitution: high court (April 18, 2008)
 76 civil engineers sent to assist in SDF operations in Afghanistan and Iraq (April 17, 2008)
 Create peaceful ocean for safe fishing: JCP Shii (March 30, 2008)
 Shii calls for Defense Ministry’s military-first, ‘hush-hush’ attitude to be questioned (February 29, 2008)
 Chiba legislature adopts resolution calling for thorough investigation into Aegis destroyer collision  (February 27, 2008)
 JCP chair urges government to thoroughly investigate Aegis ship collision with fishing boat (February 24, 2008)
 MSDF’s arrogant ‘military first’ attitude comes to the fore (February 23, 2008)
 JCP Shii talks with fishermen’s cooperative officials  (February 21, 2008)
 Warships arrogantly push way through crowded Tokyo Bay area (February 21, 2008)
 MSDF Aegis destroyer collides with fishing boat; 2 fishermen missing (February 20, 2008)
 JCP chair calls for struggle against permanent law to dispatch SDF abroad (February 15, 2008)
 SDF conducting training exercises armed with guns in city areas (February 5, 2008)
 Municipalities called upon to cooperate with SDF (February 2, 2008)
 Protesters stage rallies as MSDF ships leave for Indian Ocean (January 25 & 26, 2008)
 MSDF ships leave for Indian Ocean to resume refueling operations (January 25, 2008)
 Defense Ministry conducts studies on possible PAC-3 launch site in central Tokyo (January 16, 2008)
 ASDF and U.S. Air Force to conduct joint exercise at Hyakuri (January 10, 2008)
 Two corporations exclusively receive Defense Ministry orders for fuel supply in the Indian Ocean (December 25, 2007)
 MSDF intercepts ballistic missile in test (December 19, 2007)
 Arms industries regard 3-trillion-yen U.S. military realignment as business opportunity (December 8, 2007)