by TAWADA Yoko...Several years ago a new law was passed in Japan decreeing that the Japanese flag was to be raised at every ceremony taking place at schools and universities in the country. It determined the exact size of the flag. Otherwise, some people could decide to raise a flag that was smaller than a postage stamp. The law insisted that the flag was to be raised in … [Read more...] about Is Europe Western?
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Japan’s Peace Constitution/映画 日本国憲法
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Japanese Americans and the Making of U.S. Democracy During World War II
by Gary Y. Okihirofrom JAPAN FOCUS http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=17&ItemID=9111This is an introduction to two Office of War Information propaganda films on Japanese Internment.http://ia200131.eu.archive.org/3/movies/Japanese1943/Japanese1943.mpg http://ia200114.eu.archive.org/0/movies/Challeng1944/Challeng1944.mpgUpon viewing once again the … [Read more...] about Japanese Americans and the Making of U.S. Democracy During World War II
Okinawa and the Revamped US-Japan Alliance
From Japan Focus http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=17&ItemID=9132George and Junichiro, two great buddies (if the Japanese media is to be believed) meet again, on 15 and 16 November, in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto. Since Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro is one of the dwindling band of ever-faithful Bush supporters, and since officials on both … [Read more...] about Okinawa and the Revamped US-Japan Alliance
嘘とごまかしの重ね塗り/Masuoka Ken’s latest posting
益岡 賢 2005年11月18日Read more in Japanese on this issues and more http://www.jca.apc.org/%7Ekmasuoka/Specifically:Colombia/コロンビア http://www.jca.apc.org/%7Ekmasuoka/places/colombia.htmlIraq/イラク http://www.jca.apc.org/%7Ekmasuoka/places/iraqtop.htmlAfganistan, Palestine-Israel, East Timor, U.S., Latin America アフガニスタン, パレスチナ／イスラエル, 東チモールおよびインドネシア, 米国, … [Read more...] about 嘘とごまかしの重ね塗り/Masuoka Ken’s latest posting