by the Study Group on Okinawan External AffairsOn Friday 13 November, US President Obama flew in to Tokyo. The unresolved issue of “replacing” Futenma US Marine Air Station has been removed from the talks agenda, because the two sides cannot agree on how to resolve it. Festering for more than 13 years, the issue has risen gradually to a head since the Hatoyama Government … [Read more...] about Okinawan Message to President Obama: Withdraw the Marines
Iraq War Ends
This is a spoof NY TIMES from The Yes Men!Log InContact Us Home PageMy TimesToday's PaperVideoMost PopularTimes Topics <!-- --> <!-- --> Saturday, July 4th, 2009 Last Update: 8:42 AM ET Today's Paper | Video Get Home Delivery | Looking up 72°F World U.S. Politics Civic Life The Economy Infrastructure N.Y. / Region Business Technology Sports Science Health … [Read more...] about Iraq War Ends
Tokyo Spring Events in July
SPRING On Sunday 5 July at 4pm Sulejman and the Japanese crew will screen Boy A. Click here for the English trailer.This event is primarily in Japanese (see below) but there will be some interpreting for Non-Japanese speakers if required. On Sunday 12 July at 4pm the English language event sees special guest film maker Yumiko Hayakawa present her documentary "Brian & Co. … [Read more...] about Tokyo Spring Events in July
Commercial Appetite and Human Need: The Accidental and Fated Revival of Kobayashi Takiji’s Cannery Ship
Norma Field Japan's best-known proletarian novel, Kani Kosen (depicting conditions aboard a crab-canning factory ship operating off Soviet waters)[2] [1] by Kobayashi Takiji (1903-1933), enjoyed an utterly unanticipated revival in the course of 2008. Many attribute the revival of the novel to the deepening impoverishment of the ranks of the irregularly employed, now … [Read more...] about Commercial Appetite and Human Need: The Accidental and Fated Revival of Kobayashi Takiji’s Cannery Ship
Iran and Leftist Confusion
June 29, 2009 By Reese Erlich Reese Erlich's ZSpace Page When I returned from covering the Iranian elections recently, I was surprised to find my email box filled with progressive authors, academics and bloggers bending themselves into knots about the current crisis in Iran. They cite the long history of U.S. interference in Iran and conclude that the current unrest … [Read more...] about Iran and Leftist Confusion