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Just like in Okinawa, militarism disrupts the lives of local residents. And the local people are fighting back. You can click the graphic to read one of the stories. Click the below graphic to see a larger view of the poster. Click the PDF to read more about the courageous people's struggle.
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The caption shows soil contamination of CS-134 and 135 that, when correlated with a study of the after-effects of Chernobyl, indicate that children living in coastal and adjacent regions--including Fukushima and Koriyama cities--are at risk of accelerated pulmonary aging . See these articles for more information: A Statement of Facts: What Is Currently Happening to Fukushima Children?...
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Please read this poem and consider what is really wrong with all the "Ganbare Nippon" crap that tries to hijack our anger at the nuclear industry and government, the same parties who killed 10s of thousands, drove others to suicide, deteroyed land and livelihoods, and continues to wreak havoc.見えない恐怖のなかでぼくらは見た /An Invisible Terror: We Were WitnessesOther recent stories: Japan Disaster Blog From...
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311の一周年の日に：前田新の農民詩「見えない恐怖のなかでぼくらは見た」日英語版紹介 For the...ゲイル・グリーン「ゆがんだ科学：チェルノブイリとフクシマの後の原子力産業」 Gayle Greene...Peace Philosophy Salon with Yuki Tanaka: 「原子力平和利用...田中利幸「私たちは原発の動力源を忘れていないか？」ウラン問題再考 Yuki Tanaka: Uran...大阪市「労使関係に関する職員のアンケート調査」原文『フォーブズ』掲載 ダグ･バンドウ「沖縄は沖縄の人々に返せ」和訳 （ガバン・マコーマック解説） Ja...近藤紘子『バンクーバー新報』インタビュー An Interview with Koko Kondo ...『月刊ふれいざー』２月号 近藤紘子講演報告Inspiring, empowering, and...
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Special Issue of The Asia-Pacific Journal edited by Yau Shuk-ting, KinniaSee the following articles:• Yau Shuk-ting, Kinnia, Introduction• Matthew Penney, Nuclear Nationalism and Fukushima• Susan Napier, The Anime Director, the Fantasy Girl and the Very Real Tsunami• Yau Shuk Ting, Kinnia, Therapy for Depression: Social Meaning of Japanese Melodrama in the Heisei Era• Timothy...
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http://fukusima-sokai.blogspot.com/2012/01/announcement-by-fukushima-evacuate.html1 . What has in fact happened since 3.11 as well as the condition of the children in Fukushima up to the court filing on June 24th, 2011.Running through the wind, with their cheeks red, mouthfuls of raspberries, filled with the excitement, catching insects, rolling over the snow fields… Those were the children...
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http://fukusima-sokai.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-post.html※ １月４日からスタートした判決不服従アクション「ネット賛同」に参加を！「私たちは１００％」チェルノブイリ避難基準の強制避難地域で教育を受ける子どもたちです。「０％の人たち」の手によって、私たちの命が危険にさらされるという不正義を、昨年暮れ、裁判所もお墨付きを与えました（12月16日決定）。私たちはこのような理不尽な不正義を許す訳には行きません。 正義の裁きを下すため、2012年冬、「ふくしま集団疎開裁判」の世界市民法廷を開催することにしました。以下、生原稿ですが（今後、詳細を公表）、発表します。３.１１以来、６.２４の申立までのふくしまの現実と子どもたちの状況頬を真っ赤にして、風の中を走りぬけ、木イチゴをほおばり、虫取りに胸を躍らせ、雪原をころげまわる・・・。それが、...
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Click to read, with links on Fukushima, Okinawa, Homelessness, N. Korea and more...All these stories are from our links at the bottom of the main page. We will shortly resume publishing our own summaries.JAPAN DISASTER BLOG Pt 1-Japanese Expert Says Fukushima II (not I) Nuke Plant's Containment Vessel Has Been Damaged by the Quake-Fuku-I Nuke Plant Blowout Panel Mystery: Were They Really Welded-...
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The Japan Times has always been a mixed bag: They have had decent coverage of a number of domestic issues, going back to the days of the Zai-Nichi anti fingerprinting movement and Mad Cow disease. On the the other hand, they have had several regular columnists (Brad Glosserman and Ralph Cossa) with connections to CSIS, a CIA affiliated organization that pushes American military...
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This story is from http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/09/radiation-in-japan-tsukuba-citys-idea.htmlShorts, short-sleeve T-shirts, no masks, sneakers, with small kids. (In other words, all the things you should never do.)As "decontamination" is set to become a new bubble for Fukushima Prefecture if not for entire Japan, the national government strongly encourage citizen volunteers to "...
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Local film-makers producing a film about the margininalisation of homeless people in Shibuya war are seeking funding to enable them to show their film, Brand New Days, in theatres. You can contribute money in several ways. If you are in Japan, you can make a contribution of 5000 yen for individuals or 10,000 yen for groups (actually any amount will be accepted, but they are a long way...
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画像をクリックするとyoutubeへ移動します。VJUでは現在、渋谷区役所駐車場問題を軸としたドキュメンタリー映画「渋谷ブランニューデイズ」を実行委員会形式で製作中です。協賛金で、あなたも市民プロデューサーになりませんか？！■協賛金を払うと、映画のエンドクレジットに製作協力者としてご芳名もしくは団体名が載ります。また、各地自主上映会の入場が無料となります。昨今ますます切実なホームレス問題に広く理解を求めたい。私たちの思いに共感をいただける方は、ぜひこの映画の製作にご協力下さい！■協賛金は個人一口￥5,000 団体一口￥10,000 です。郵便振替口座 ００１３０－５－６２３３９８映画「渋谷ブランニューデイズ」製作実行委員会 ■お支払いいただいた協賛金は実行委員会によって管理され、映画製作・自主上映・宣伝費等に適宜運用されます。■本作品は完成後...
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Not being widely reported is that the recent resignation of METI minister. It is being said it was orchestrated by the bureaucrats of METI, the LDP, the Yomiuri, Sankei and the Kisha Clubs, plus Tepco because he took the non binding 1 MS of radiation exposure, previously a binding 20 MS, and made it binding. He also called for moving away from nuclear power. Meanwhile police...
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DAVID McNEILL in Soma CityMillions of Japanese are struggling to interpret wildly diverging assessments of the radiation threat after the Fukushima disasterYOSHIO ICHIDA is recalling the worst day of his 53 years: March 11th, when the sea swallowed up his home and killed his friends. The Fukushima fisherman was in the bath when the huge quake hit, and barely made it to the open sea in his boat in...
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Jon MitchellIntroductionOn August 19th, 2011, Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement in response to recent media coverage about the US military’s use and storage of defoliants (including Agent Orange) on Okinawa during the Vietnam War. MOFA announced that, although it had requested the US Department of Defense to investigate these allegations, Washington had replied that it was...
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