nov22 2006 new content

JAPANESE LANGUAGE SECTION
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フィリピンは日本の有害ごみ溜め？
日本は、自国内の廃棄物をリサイクルすることができない貧しい近隣国の中に有毒で危険な廃棄物を捨てるための場所を見つけました。日本の医療機関で働く看護士や介護士と引き換えに、フィリピンの7、100もの美しい島は、日本の海洋投入処分海域になるように受け入れられました。

― 被害者とメディアについて、河野義行さんに聞く―
　私は以前から松本サリン事件の捜査と報道に興味を持ち、個人的にこの事件の報道について調べていました。そして、今回河野義行さん（同事件被害者、前長野県公安委員）が２００６年７月５日、同志社大学今出川校地で学際科目、「マスメディアの現場」（科目責任者・渡辺武達教授）でゲスト講義に来られるということを浅野教授から聞き、翌日の７月６日午後６時から７時まで、河野さんと直接お話をする機会をいただきました (ASANO Ken’ichi)

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JAPAN AND ASIA IN ENGLISH
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Japanese Toxic Waste to be Dumped in the Philippines
JAPAN just found a site to dump Toxic and Hazardous wastes in a poor neighbouring country who cannot recycle its own domestic waste. In exchange for Nurses and Caregivers to work in Japanese Health Services, the Philippines 7, 100 beautiful islands accepted to be the dumping site for Japan.

NATIONALIST EDUCATION AND |GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED JAPANESE MEDIA
Article 1
Government confirms it planted pre-scripted questions at town meeting on education

Article 2
Shii demands thorough discussion on 3 issues before voting on education bill

Article 3
Opposition parties agree to jointly block government bill to revise education law

Government orders to NHK of what to air in violation of freedom of press
Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Suga Yoshihide on November 10 ordered NHK to air programs on North Korea’s abductions of Japanese nationals on Radio Japan, NHK’s international shortwave radio service.

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The Okinawan Election and Resistance to Japan’s Military First Politics

The National Politics of Yasukuni Shrine
Takahashi Tetsuya’s “The National Politics of the Yasukuni Shrine,” is among the most important statements to emerge from the debate over Yasukuni Shrine, historical memory and war nationalism.

North Korea’s Nuclear Test—Bush’s Godchild?
Politicians have hastened to express moral outrage even if, and perhaps especially if, they come from countries which have many nuclear weapons and have conducted tests. Journalists have been having a field day, many delighting in the opportunity to write lurid stories unencumbered by the need to check facts and qualify opinions. Under the circumstances, it is more necessary than ever before to keep a clear head and try to disentangle fact from fantasy, to unearth what has been going on, and what is likely to happen.
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ADDED 24 OCTOBER
Reporter Eric Johnston on McGowan victorious appeal
On Oct. 18th, the Steve McGowan case ended with a partial victory, when the Osaka High Court awarded him 350,000 yen. McGowan had sued Takashi Narita, the owner of an eyeglass store in Daito, Osaka Pref. for racial discrimination after Narita barred him from entering his store and told McGowan he didn’t like black people. (debito.org)

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ENVIRONMENT-JAPAN: Readying for Life Without Bluefin Tuna Dishes
[A]landmark agreement, based on evidence that Japan had caught 1,800 tons of southern bluefin tuna more than permitted, was reached during the Oct. 10-13 meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna in Miayazaki, southern Japan. (interpress)

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“We Don’t Negotiate with Evil” :How the US Declared War on North Korea
As Bush entered office, physicist Gordon Prather writes, “according to the IAEA, there were no nuclear programs peaceful or otherwise underway in Iraq or North Korea.” But in 2002 the U.S. administration claimed that Pyongyang “had violated the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty by obtaining unbeknownst to the IAEA prototypes of high-speed gas centrifuges from Pakistan and that by 2001, DPRK engineers were producing unbeknownst to the IAEA enriched uranium in significant quantities.” As in the case of Iraq, U.S. officials claimed to have “intelligence” at variance with U.N. inspectors’ reports.

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Economic Reforms Breeds Young Underclass
According to experts, this growing young underclass is the product of new economic reforms in Japan, launched five years ago, to reduce the national budget deficit, by cutting down on public spending and the squeezing of costs on personnel by private companies. (interpress)

Women In Action: Cultures and Diversity
Women In Action covers a broad range of issues affecting women globally, but focusing on the particular needs and concerns of women in the Global South, and forwarding a progressive perspective tempered by the experiences of the thirld world women’s movements. Some of the topics included here are:
Strengthening Counterculture, Group Rights vs. Individual Rights? Navigating the Tension in Western Liberal States, Putting You in Your Place: Culture and the Filipino Lesbian, Turbulent Times for Multicultural Societies: Gap between Cultures in The Netherlands Widens Drastically, Boys Don’t Learn!!! Also see this issue: Queering: Social Movements and Queer Theories, which includes a review of the book Queer Japan. (isiswomen)

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Japan Aids Prevention Awareness Network Newsletter
Information for teachers, students, everyone. Where to go to get tested. Japanese link such as the CAMPUS AIDS INTERFACE
　HIV感染者・AIDS患者に対する偏見・差別の払拭を、感染者・患者と共に考え、社会的啓発活動を”楽しみながら”行う大学生/OB・OGを中心とした団体です。なお、政治団体・宗教団体との関わり合いは一切ありません。 (Louise Haynes)
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OTHER NEWS
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ADDED 17 NOVEMBER
War Crimes Suit Prepared against Rumsfeld (Democracy Now)
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