(Received from reader Jill McArthy)In the Japan Times on Saturday June 28th it was reported that a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Seiichi Ota, said that gang raping women by youngsters is evidence of their virility. Ota told a seminar that young men are becoming weak and lack the courage to propose marriage."Those who gang rape are better off because they have … [Read more...] about -Japanese lawmaker who says gang rapists are more virile should resign
-Japanese NGO/Progressive Sites
-Articles on/about Japan/Asia (many in translation)
Japan Focus https://www.zmag.org/asiawatch/japan_focus.htmThey have many articles translated from the Japanese into English. For example:Japanese Government Should Dispose of World War II Vomiting Gas Keiichi TsuneishiThe author is a Kanagawa University professor who specializes in disarmament of biological and chemical weapons and the leading specialist on Japan's … [Read more...] about -Articles on/about Japan/Asia (many in translation)
-Kikkoman and GM Soybeans
- In a recent move, however, the leading soy sauce manufacturer Kikkoman Corp. has begun using only non-GM soybeans in its products (which command 27 percent of the domestic market). "We have always used soybeans whose safety was assured," said spokesman Masahiko Shinoharaha. "We wanted our customers to enjoy our soy sauce without any worries." (The Japan Times 2003 … [Read more...] about -Kikkoman and GM Soybeans
-Canadian Canola farmer Percy Schmeizer in
from Paul McCartinYou may know of Percy Schmeizer.He is a Canadian canola farmer. Several years ago Schmeizer's neighbor planted a variety of canola that contained Monsanto's Roundup-resistant gene. Schmeizer says some of the seed blew over to his 700-acre canola field and spread, contaminating with foreign genes seed he had been saving since he started producing the … [Read more...] about -Canadian Canola farmer Percy Schmeizer in