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TOKYOPROGRESSIVE REFUSES COOPERATION WITH PAYPAL AND AMAZON --OUR BOOKSHOP IS CLOSED--

November 25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Submission of international petition calling for the legislative resolution of the “comfort women” issuePetitions collected in Japan, South Korea, and internationally calling for the legislative resolution of the Japanese military sexual slavery, or the so-called “comfort women” issue to be...

Rights group backs Filipino sex slaves' redress bid

Peace Education Meeting Announcements

IIPE (International Insitute on Peace Education partnership meetingFurther info: Kasa / Asakawa kasan@mac.comWe are hosting the following meetings. 1) Friday October 29th, 18:30 – 20:30“Dialogue among Multicultural Society”Speaker: Sasanka Perera, Colombo University Asia Leadership Fellow...

Sweatshop Watch: Shoes made in dangerous workshops at low cost, sell for much much more

Japan treats refugee/asylum seekers like criminals, puts them in solitary confinement like mad dogs

Lowering the Drawbridge of Fortress Japan: Citizenship, Nationality and the Rights of Children (Japan Focus)

U.N. Committee Faults Japan Human Rights Performance, Demands Progress Report on Key Issues (Japan Focus)

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