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United for a Multicultural Japan	An organization for foreign residents of Japan who aremarriedtoJapanese nationals and other long-term residents.	E/J
Tokyo Alien Eyes	In existence sine 1999, providing information on the rights of foreigners.	E/J/Other Languages
ISSHO Kikaku	ISSHO KIKAKU is a non-profit organization formed by Tokyo-based foreignnationalswhichuses performing arts projects, symposia and computer networkingtofacilitatethe internationalization process in Japan.	E/J
The Community	A home page and mailing list devoted to issuesofconcernto foreigners in Japan. The Japan Observer is one of the participatingorganizations.	E

The sites here are all maintained by individuals with a variety of interests and histories related to Japan.

Emu Namae's HomePage   Art and Commentary by a Blind, Diabetic Artist  Ken'ichi Asano is a professor of journalism at Doshisha University in Kyoto and writes on media and politics. William Wetherall's site (NEW ADDRESS APRIL 2001) covers a great deal of ground and features articles and researchon thefollowing Japan-related issues:  Crime, Death,HEalth, History,Language,Literature, Media, Minorities, Sex, Society,Suicide and Welfare.It alsofeatures contributions by ohn C. Maher, StephenMurphy-Shigetmatsu, MarkSchreiber, and Tei Taikin (Chung Daekyun).  Arudou Debito/Dave Aldwinckle's  "RESIDENTS PAGE" (with information for people considering longer-term residency in Japan.  plus some lighter essays as well)  Arudou Debito/Dave Aldwinckle's  "ACTIVISTS' PAGE"(meaning information for people concerned with social issues who want to help make life better for everyone in Japan)      Tony Boys has a site with articles(many bilingual) on such issues as food and energy in Japan. He also has links to a variety of ecological organizations.  Professor Watanabe Takesato of Doshisha University, Kyoto, has severalinformative articles on the Japanese media and history: Japan's Media at Present,  Brain Food Poisoning ,and  Infringements of  Privacy Rights . Also, The Revisionist Fallacy  in The  Japanese Media is here in both Japanese  and English-- ﾉﾅﾉfﾉBﾉAﾇﾃ�ﾜﾇﾃ�暮j錣黻鯆總ﾅ[ﾅ[ﾉiﾉ`ﾅqﾉKﾉX驢ﾅr�､�ﾋﾇ隻mﾇgﾇjﾅw鱚�_ﾅE�_�_ﾅxﾉﾜﾉ_ﾉﾑ麝�_ﾇﾃﾉPﾅ[ﾉXﾅEﾉXﾉ^ﾉfﾉBﾅxﾅ@�ﾘ騏鬲�ﾂ舳麝�丈w籌ﾅw�]�_ﾅE鬲籌篏舳ﾅx衵纉釛ﾅA猩纉纉纉�N餔裨葹. Yoshiyuki Kohno  was falsely accused of committing a Sarin gas attack in Nagano.  His victimization at the hands of the police and media have caused him to join in supporting other victims's of Japan's notorious justice system, such as Nepali Govinda Mainali

E/J

Red Card	Movement Against U.S. Bases in Okinawa	E/J
Minamata Forum/�ﾖ��ﾅ@Forum	Website devoted to this  ecological and human health disaster.	E/J
Say No to Tokyo Mayor	About Ishihara Shintaro	J
toppa	Various Citizens' group Issues
Shukan Kinyobi	Muckraking newspaper	J
Anti-Kobe Airport	As it says--actually more of a site to reflect the people's will	J
Nuclear Information Center/ 螂駲 �ﾕ 鴉 �� 勒 �ﾒ 驢	The Citizens' Nuclear Information Center, a Japanese groupworkingagainstnuclear power.	E/J
Peoples' Forum 2001, Japan	A network of national environmental NGOs(Non-governmental Organizations), CBOs(Community-based Organizations) and individuals being active to bring about sustainable  society.-ADDED April 21,2001	E/J
Tokyo Rape Crisis Center	Support for victims of sexual violence.	E/J
Anti-wiretapping site	Fighting police abuse of civil rights.	J
VAWW Site/ﾅi頤�ｴﾇﾃ麝袿ﾉAﾉWﾉA�@�ﾏﾇ管ｮﾇﾘﾇﾈ ﾅu�裙��ﾈ褂ﾅv1994�Nﾅj	On violence against women, including the Women's International WarCrimesTribunal2000 for the Trial of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery	E/J
�夘ﾃ荀｣｢薇ﾇ��謄  ﾇﾕﾇ｢ﾇﾁﾇｻﾇ｢ﾅI猩罕ﾅEﾇど管�ﾇ� ﾉlﾉbﾉgﾉ霰[ﾉN	Group in West Tokyo opposing Hinomaru and Kimigayo.	J
�夘ﾃ荀ﾅE薇ﾇ��毒@蔔�A鴉��/猩罕鷏��	University student page on Hinomaru and Kimigayo.	J
�夘ﾃ荀ﾅE薇ﾇ��読TﾇO�追TﾇO��	Another site on the flag and anthem.	J
�ﾏ�c�･��ﾅE蝟鯣ﾉzﾅ[ﾉﾄﾉyﾅ[ﾉW	Homepage of HIV activist Ryuhei Kawada, who contracted HIV through unheated blood products. Links to many sites, including his mother's.  Etsuko Kawada  was elected to political office when another politican washit by a political scandal.	J
�褥kﾇgﾇhﾇuﾉRﾉ~ﾉﾖﾉjﾉPﾅ[ﾉVﾉ睨�ﾉY	Hiv-related site.	J
Japan ProgressiveDirectory/JCA-NET�S�丞�迸	From JCA, presented alphabetically. Also search engine.	E/J
Japan Council against A&HBombs/ 螂�ﾖ羝	Anti-nucleargroup.	E/J
Amnesty International Japan.	All links are in Japanese, but here are some English links to Amnesty International and its anti-Death Penalty campaign.	J
Jubillee2000-DebtNet/ �r闢鉈ﾇﾃ隨�ｱﾇ撰n遒ﾉlﾉbﾉgﾉ霰[ﾉN鴦�ｱ罩ﾅi蜆ﾉWﾉﾖﾉrﾉ菁[2000鴦�ｱ罩ﾅj	A global movement of coalitions of civil society  organizations in both indebted and creditor countries for cancellation of all unpayable and illegitimate debts burdening the countries of the global South.	E/J
Corporate Watch	Local version of the international Corporate Watch website is now gone, but here is the main site--which still has references to Japanese companies--- a watchdog site showinghow people are directly affected by corporate abuses. Concerned with  corporate accountability, human rights, social and environmentaljustice.	E/J
Friends of the Earth Japan/�n聊ﾇﾃ�FﾉWﾉﾉﾉpﾉ�	International environmental NGO	E/J
Migrant's Net/燻鏤�J�るｳﾇ泉A�局�ﾇﾈ�S鉈ﾉlﾉbﾉgﾉ霰[ﾉN	Solidarity with Migrant/Undocumented workers	E/J
Japan Press Service	Good non-mainstream coverage of Japanese social issues and politics.There is a weekly print version which you can order by email.	E
Anti-Kobe Airport Site	The next Narita?	J
Nuclear Survival	Following the JCO accident, a site dedicated to anti-nuclear powerissues	E/J
PARC-Pacific Asia Resource Center and AMPO Magazine	PARC is a secular, non-profit, multifunctional organization workingtogether with the various people's movements in Japan to facilitate developmentofsolidarity links with people in struggle in Asian, Pacific and other countries.The site is mostly in Japanese.	E/J
Problems of U.S Military Bases in Okinawa  (PDF FILE)	Good background information on the struggle against U.S.basesinJapan	E
IMADR  and the Burakumin issue.	IMADR is devoted to eliminating all forms of discriminationaroundthe world and was founded by one of the groups representing the Burakumin minority group, the Buraku Liberation LeagueﾅiKaidoﾅj,having been affiliated with the former Socialist Party.  As in any progressive community, there are sometimes differences on basic ideology and strategy. Another major Buraku group,affiliated with the Japanese Communist Party, is Zenkairen and their English page is here.  There is also a group affiliated with the mainstreamLiberal Democratic Party. An overview of  some of the issues involved can be found on William Wetherall's site:  Together with George A. De Vos, he wrote"Minorities in Japan".	E/J depending on the link
Political Parties (see middle column)	The home pages of the following political parties are here.  �呶{罘餾�}/Japanese Communist Party	E/J
Japan Environmental Monitor	Although no longer published, the site is still maintained and hasawealthof material.	E/J
Other Peace and Human Rights ﾇｪﾇﾃ�ｺﾅF���a秧�ﾆ/麝袿	Act Against Aids Amnesty International Japanese Section Citizen's Centre for Diplomacy ECPAT,Japan,Kansai	E/J depending on the link
More Environmental Sites ﾇｪﾇﾃ�ｺﾅF莅羔�庭ﾋ	Dolphin and Whale Network ASEEDJapan Action for Greening Sahel, AGS Midori no Sahel Global Environmenta l Forum Greenpeace Japan Sarawak Campaign Committee	E/J depending on the link
Health and medical 褊躁/燗��	Association of Japanese Agencies for Supporting Africa Chernobyl Children's Fund,Japan Japan International Food for the Hungry Mad Cow Disease 1 Mad Cow Disease2	E/J depending on the link
ODA-related	OdaNet   Japan Information Network Japan Directory Campaign for Future of Filipino Children, CFFC ﾉAﾉCﾉZﾉbﾉN International Angel Association Japan Committee for Negros Campaign, JCNC Japan International Food for the Hungry, JIFH NipponKokusaiKiga-TaisakuKiko Japan International VolunteerCenter, JVC Japan Silver Volunteers,JSV Japan Team of Young Human Power, JHP GakkowoTsukurukai MinsaiCenter Save the ChildrenJapan, SCJ Shapla Neer-Citizens' Committee in Japan for Overseas Support   The Hunger Project Japan   Wakachiai (Sharing)Project World Vision Japan	E/J depending on the link

 
 
 
 

Coalition Against Discrimination by the Prefectural University of Kumamoto 薈�{裃�ﾟ�ﾂ舳膂鉈麝繖燼ﾇ暮ﾁﾇﾈ籌	The Coalition Against Discrimination by the Prefectural University of Kumamoto is continuing  to collect signatures for our petition, which calls upon the Prefectural government and the Prefectural University of Kumamoto (PUK) to work actively toward a mutually satisfactory  resolution of the dispute between PUK and two foreign teachers who lost their full-time jobs at the university because PUK refused to grant them the job security that would be accorded automatically to Japanese nationals doing similar work.	E/J
LaborNet Japan  and  Labornet Japan/English	International Site  of this well-known onlite organization promoting solidarity is here.	E/J
National Union of General Workers Nambu	Organizing many small to medium size enterprises, including langaugeteachers...they also work with varios other organizations such as KTUF, etc. Unfortuately, in the last few yearsm there has been some confusion about the current addresses of these group, which include  in addition to KTUF, the Tokyo Gaigo union, the Nova union, etc.  Follow the links, many of which are outdated.  When in doubt, contact NUGW for more up-to-date information.      KTUF was formed in 1990 and its membership comprises unionswhosemembersare foreign language teachers in the Kanto region. Almost all ofthese unionsare members of NUGW (national Union of General Workers-Zen Rokkyo) butmembership of KTUF is not restricted to NUGW unions.  Also a link to the University Teachers' Union.	E
General Union(Kansai)	Organizing many small to medium sized enterprises.	E
NOVA TeachersUnion	ﾅ@ﾅ@ﾅ@	E
Blacklisted Japanese Universities   Greenlisted Japanese Universities	Schools which discrimitae against non-Japanese nationals get on theblacklist.Theblacklistis predictably longer than the greenlist.	E
Zenroren	National Confederation of Labor Unions	E/J
JR Workers Union(s)  Kokuro More links to Kokuro-related unions Japan East Another-Kinki Chiba Doro--ultra left?	Wokers who have been struggling against ever since the railways wereprivatizedandtheir members were fired.  There are many competing factions, so please take care. They tend to hate each other.....	E/J
Nichibenren / Japan  Federation of Bar Associations		E/J
Japanese Lawyers International Solidarity		E/J
Japan  Lawyers Association for Freedom		J
Japan Young Lawyers Association		J
Japan  Judges  Network		J

Japan via the Web	Lots of links on Japan, on a varietyofsubjects.	E
Japan Documentation Center and Asian Reading Room	Documents from the Library of Congress in theU.S.,concerningJapan. A good resource for researchers.	E
Asiaco	Asiaco.com, a good search engine for the Asian region.	E
Okinawa Current Events	A well designed and well informed site on current events and the history of Okinawa,the "island of U.S. bases."	E
Hemp in  Japan	A web page with interesting information on the history of hemp in Japanandcurrentanti-marijuana laws, etc.	E