(Update on Maher: After the 3/11/11 disasters, Maher joined the U.S. military’s “Operation Tomodachi.” He will be meeting 30 Japanese politicians from Japan, when they visit Washington D.C. from May 1-5, 2011. The contingent includes Okinawan MP Mikio Shimoji, whose family construction business benefits from military contracts, )Originally posted at Foreign Policy in … [Read more...] about “Smearing Japan” (latest on former diplomat Kevin Maher’s insults towards Okinawans)
Japan and Asia/日本とアジア
TokyoProgressive closes BOOKSHOP and PAYPAL donations, calls for support of anti-repression groups
TOKYOPROGRESSIVE REFUSES COOPERATION WITH PAYPAL AND AMAZON --OUR BOOKSHOP IS CLOSED-- Amazon, Paypal, Visa, the Swiss Post Office and other institutions have blocked the accounts of Wikileaks or taken down their servers. Accordingly, we refuse to cooperate with them and TokyoProgressive is not taking donations until such time as they reverse their decisions. Although … [Read more...] about TokyoProgressive closes BOOKSHOP and PAYPAL donations, calls for support of anti-repression groups
Michael Munk: Mainstream Media Distortions of N-S incident
From www.michaelmunk.com Obama and the US media are following their usual script in blaming only North Korea for the current episode. But if you want to uindertstand what's going on, you have to ignore all their nonsense and start here: The military armistice that ended the Korean war in 1953 gave South Korea temporary control--until a peace … [Read more...] about Michael Munk: Mainstream Media Distortions of N-S incident
Peace Not War Japan announcment on Israel Palestine and Peace Carnival
Sent from PNWJ facebook page. Apologies for those not on FB. The message was FB specific.UPDATED: JUST RECEIVED NON FACEBOOK VERSION. DETAILS ADDED ---------------------------message---->First of all, we would like to offer sincere thanks to those who attended the recent Witness in Palestine event featuring two speakers on the situation of the … [Read more...] about Peace Not War Japan announcment on Israel Palestine and Peace Carnival
Under-reported story on North Korean attack on South Korean Island
Most of the press is reporting the basic story, that there was a sudden attack on a South Korean island. Thanks to some South Korean peace activists, with no love of North Korea's government but deep suspicion of US-South Korean motives, we now have a slightly wider picture of what has been happening. Although given passing mention in the mainstream press, the peace … [Read more...] about Under-reported story on North Korean attack on South Korean Island