-- Akahata editorialDefense Agency Director General Ishiba Shigeru said that Japan needs to consider lifting the three government principles banning arms exports.(Note: The "Three Principles on Arms Export" was set out by then Prime Minister Sato Eisaku in answer to a question in the Diet on April 21, 1967. This policy bans arms sales to communist bloc countries, … [Read more...] about -Government ‘s call for ending arms export ban will pave the way for Japan’s international arms sale
-Violence, Legitimacy and the Future of Japanese and American Multilateralism
by Yoshikazu SakamotoExcerpts:While the U.S. is trying to ?gdemocratize?h the world, that is, to make the world safe for the U.S., it is imperative to remember that governing in a democracy, whether national or international, must derive legitimacy from the consent of the governed. It is natural, therefore, that in the post-Cold War world where the principle of democracy … [Read more...] about -Violence, Legitimacy and the Future of Japanese and American Multilateralism
-Japan limits media coverage of Iraq war
By Bennett Richardson | Contributor to The Christian Science MonitorTOKYO ? When Japanese soldiers crossed over into Iraq Monday, it marked the first time the nation's troops entered a combat zone since World War II.But the send-off for this 40-person advance team was not the splashy news event one might have expected. Television coverage was mostly limited to file … [Read more...] about -Japan limits media coverage of Iraq war
-Japanese Discrimination Against Korean and other Ethnic Schools
by Eriko Arita For half a century, Japan has permitted ethnic minorities, notably Koreans, to run their own schools while refusing to recognize these schools' graduates by denying their students the right to sit for entrance examinations at national universities. The controversy has centered above all on the rights of graduates of pro-North Korean schools. The issues came to … [Read more...] about -Japanese Discrimination Against Korean and other Ethnic Schools
-Will Japan Follow the U.S. Lead and instigate a new Korean War? Read this and then consider curre
Wrong Again:US policy on North Koreaby Bruce CumingsIn June 1994, Bill Clinton came close to launching a 'pre-emptive strike' against North Korea's nuclear reactors at Yongbyon, about sixty miles north of Pyongyang. Then, at the last minute, Jimmy Carter got North Korea to agree to a complete freeze on activity at the Yongbyon complex, and a Framework Agreement was signed … [Read more...] about -Will Japan Follow the U.S. Lead and instigate a new Korean War? Read this and then consider curre