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 The Seven Stages of Establishment Backlash: Corbyn/Sanders Edition
Over Seventy Prominent Scholars and Activists Call on Obama to Take Concrete Action in Hiroshima
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
Vindication for Edward Snowden From a New Player in NSA Whistleblowing Saga
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 Vindication for Edward Snowden From a New Player in NSA Whistleblowing Saga
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