From their Youtube channel: Whereas the West has seen a sudden spike in their extreme-right nationalist groups, Japan has had our fair share for years. These would-be cosplayers spend their time driving around in loudspeaker vans or invading South Korean islands. Nevertheless, they play a key role in Japanese politics. Just as western parties must appeal to their bases, so must … [Read more...] about Right-wing groups in Japan
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Former Obama official says Japanese plutonium reserves a potential threat to NK denuclearization
Japan has enough plutonium for around 6,000 atomic bombs Monju Fast Breeder Reactor Thomas Countryman, a former US Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation under the Barack Obama administration, voiced fears that Japan’s plutonium reserves – enough to make 6,000 bombs – could have a negative impact on Pyongyang and … [Read more...] about Former Obama official says Japanese plutonium reserves a potential threat to NK denuclearization
Today in Japan (from SNA)
May 31, 2018 Shinzo Abe and Trump on cars, the LDP and Moritomo Gakuen/Kake Gakuen, Kept raise electricity rates, Keidanren pushes to increase the consumption tax... May 23, 2018 Governor of Ehime releases documents exploding P.M. Abe's lies, Finance Ministry releases documents which show Akie Abe's involvement in the Moritomo Gakuen scandal, Prime Minister Abe refuses to … [Read more...] about Today in Japan (from SNA)
Drop all charges against Okinawa anti-base activists
Petition to Drop All Charges Against Arrested Okinawa Anti-Bases Activists As a citizen of the world and an advocate for peace and people’s human and democratic rights, I demand that all charges against Hiroji Yamashiro, and his co-defendants, Hiroshi Inaba and Atsuhiro Soeda, be dropped and all attempts to silence the people of Okinawa in their just quest to rid their … [Read more...] about Drop all charges against Okinawa anti-base activists
Confronting South Korea’s censored discourse on ‘comfort women’
“I want Japan to ask for forgiveness.” Ching-lin Yuen, testimony at the Women’s International War Crimes Tribunal on Japan’s Military Sexual Slavery, 2000. Yuen was among 64 women from 8 countries who came to Tokyo to testify about their experiences as former “comfort women.” The judges in this citizens’ tribunal found Emperor Hirohito guilty of responsibility for sexually … [Read more...] about Confronting South Korea’s censored discourse on ‘comfort women’