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10/5 International Day Of Action To Defend Anti-War Japanese Teachers
10/5 International Day Of Action To Defend Anti-War Japanese Teachers by Committee To Defend Japanese Anti-War Teacher Tuesday Sep 4th, 2007 6:27 AM On October 5, 2007 is International Teachers Day and teachers and anti-war activists throughout the world will be protesting the repression of Japanese anti-war teachers who have been harrassed and are threatened with being … [Read more...] about 10/5 International Day Of Action To Defend Anti-War Japanese Teachers
Skills Building for Social Change 10
Skills Building for Social Change 10 Join us on Sunday Sept 30 - 10:00 am to 6:00 pmMorning workshops: environmental education and volunteer mgt. techniquesAfternoon Panel Discussion: Disaster prevention and reliefRepresentatives from nonprofit NGOs working on disaster prevention and relief present the issues they work on, their … [Read more...] about Skills Building for Social Change 10
Proof of POW Forced Labor for Japan’s Foreign Minister: The Aso Mines
by William Underwood May 29, 2007 Japan Focus One year after media reports that Aso Mining used 300 Allied prisoners of war for forced labor in 1945, Foreign Minister Aso Taro is refusing to confirm that POWs dug coal for his family's company -- and even challenging reporters to produce evidence. That is not hard to do. … [Read more...] about Proof of POW Forced Labor for Japan’s Foreign Minister: The Aso Mines
Japan’s History Wars and Popular Consciousness
by David McNeill Japan Focus Tokyo -- Ko Bunyu's comic book Introduction to China is not for the fainthearted. In 300 graphic pages, it claims that the Chinese are incapable of democracy, practice cannibalism, and have the world's leading sex economy. In one sequence, famous political figures say the country is the source of most of Asia's contagious … [Read more...] about Japan’s History Wars and Popular Consciousness