Note: TokyoProgressive is looking for writers of original and translated material on progressive issues with some relevance to Japan and Asia, as well as articles in Japanese on social justice issues worldwide. As always, we welcome links to articles that have been published in reputable left sources. Original material will be credited to you. All material we publish is done … [Read more...] about Over Seventy Prominent Scholars and Activists Call on Obama to Take Concrete Action in Hiroshima
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The Broken Maps of Fukushima
by Robert Jacobs, March 9, 2016originally published hereWhen we look at maps of Fukushima what we see is disinformation. The maps of the radioactive contamination of Fukushima contain contradictions that embody our inability to understand the true nature of the dangers to people living there. This is rooted in the difficulty in understanding radiation. If we can … [Read more...] about The Broken Maps of Fukushima
総理と祖父“改憲の原点” 岸時代の調査会肉声発見
This is a recent program from Furutachi san (報道ステーション), one of several reporters being fired from their current affairs shows on Asahi, TBS and NHK, presumably under orders from Prime Minister Abe. In it, we learn how an 86 year old reporter uncovered audio recordings showing how Abe's war criminal grandfather PM Kishi and other rightists sought to destroy the new anti-war … [Read more...] about 総理と祖父“改憲の原点” 岸時代の調査会肉声発見
日印原子力協定に反対する国際アピール/ Protest India-Japan Nuclear Agreement
English and Japanese petitions are hereインドは核不拡散条約（Non Proliferation Treaty, NPT）の批准を拒否し、1974 年、1998 年には核実験をおこない、さらに、依然として核兵器の材料物質の増産を進めている核兵器保有国です。一方で、インドは古くから原子力の民生利用を追求してきた国でもあります。今も、13 億を超える膨大な人口や急激な経済成長率により伸び続ける電力需要を、原子力で対処しようとしています。しかし、インドの原子力開発には海外からの協力が不可欠であり、1974 年の核実験以降途絶えた海外との原子力協力を、インドは強く求めています。 1970 … [Read more...] about 日印原子力協定に反対する国際アピール/ Protest India-Japan Nuclear Agreement
Nippon Kaigi and the Radical Conservative Project to Take Back Japan
David McNeillIn September 2015, several hundred mainly foreign academics and journalists received unsolicited copies of two poorly written books from Japan, accompanied by a signed letter from politician Inoguchi Kuniko. "In East Asia, the regional history of the 20th century has been incorrectly distorted (sic) by some individuals due to their current domestic political … [Read more...] about Nippon Kaigi and the Radical Conservative Project to Take Back Japan