By Professor Chris HughesThis post originally appeared on Japan Focus.Prime Minister Abe Shinzō’s stunning return to power in the December 2012 landslide election victory, and the consolidation of his leadership in a repeat victory in December 2014, has heralded the resurgence for Japan of a more assertive, high-profile, and high-risk, foreign and security policy. … [Read more...] about An ‘Abe Doctrine’ as Japan’s Grand Strategy: New Dynamism or Dead-End?
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Over 3,000 Fukushima residents seek compensation for mental distress from nuclear disaster
FUKUSHIMA -- More than 3,000 residents here have filed for compensation for mental distress over radiation emanating from the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant disaster through an out-of-court settlement system, it has been learned.The claim was filed with the government-backed Nuclear Damage Claim Dispute Resolution Center by 3,107 residents in 1,107 households in the Watari … [Read more...] about Over 3,000 Fukushima residents seek compensation for mental distress from nuclear disaster
What Are Foreign Military Bases For? (Portside)
David SwansonJuly 13, 2015Let's Try Democracy/Writing by David Swanson If you're like most people in the United States, you have a vague awareness that the U.S. military keeps lots of troops permanently stationed on foreign bases around the world. Have you ever really investigated to find out how many, where exactly, at what cost, to what purpose, and in terms of what … [Read more...] about What Are Foreign Military Bases For? (Portside)
Japan Focus: Okinawa, Nuclear Weapons
Robert Jacobs The Bravo Test and the Death and Life of the Global Ecosystem in the Early Anthropocene Special FeatureHenoko: The Experts Report and the Future of OkinawaGavan McCormackIntroduction The Okinawa Third Party Committee & Sandi AritzaThird Party Investigation into the Reclamation of Oura Bay Kunitoshi … [Read more...] about Japan Focus: Okinawa, Nuclear Weapons
Article 9 Comes to America
Memory Productions, founded by David Rothauser, will premiere their latest film, "Article 9 Comes to America," at the United Nations NPT Conference on May 14, 2015. We are seeking funding to complete editing the one hour documentary featuring interviews with Noam Chomsky, Helen Caldicott, Freeman Dyson, John Dower, Hideki Yoshikawa, Peter Kuznick, Ann Wright and a host of … [Read more...] about Article 9 Comes to America