David McNeillIn September 2015, several hundred mainly foreign academics and journalists received unsolicited copies of two poorly written books from Japan, accompanied by a signed letter from politician Inoguchi Kuniko. "In East Asia, the regional history of the 20th century has been incorrectly distorted (sic) by some individuals due to their current domestic political … [Read more...] about Nippon Kaigi and the Radical Conservative Project to Take Back Japan
Another Japan is Possible: New Social Movements and Global Citizen Education
"We Want Blue Sky in Peaceful Okinawa" - Almost all political struggles in Okinawa & Japan today reflect a larger struggle between civil society (grassroots citizens movements & NGOS) and an increasingly authoritarian one-party (LDP) public-debt fueled, nuclear energy, construction state, which seeks to reinstate WWII-era militarist values & remilitarize Jp to … [Read more...] about Another Japan is Possible: New Social Movements and Global Citizen Education
An International View of Transnational Okinawa Activism
Okinawan scholar Annmaria Shimabuku's brilliant deconstruction of the US-Jp collaborative violation of human rights & democratic process in Okinawa:The problem of the U.S. military presence in Okinawa is the product of mutual colonialism by the U.S. and Japan... After its defeat in the Pacific War, Jp was stripped of all its colonies except Hokkaido. Fearing that the Jp … [Read more...] about An International View of Transnational Okinawa Activism
Nippon Kaigi: Lifting the lid on a secretive and influential political organisations in Japan
Nippon Kaigi, or 'Japan Conference', has an impressive list of members and aims to reshape Japanese politics and policies, and Lateline gains rare access to this secretive and ultra-conservative organisation. Video is here Transcript TONY JONES, PRESENTER: It's been described as one of the most influential political organisations in Japan. Nippon Kaigi, or Japan Conference, … [Read more...] about Nippon Kaigi: Lifting the lid on a secretive and influential political organisations in Japan
More than one third of Syria’s Palestinians have been displaced
More than one third of the 500,000 Palestinian refugees in Syria have been displaced by the ongoing conflict, a new report has revealed.The Action Group for Palestinian Refugees in Syria said the refugees were displaced after their camps were either subjected to air raids or caught up in clashes.The semi-annual report said that more than 71,200 Palestinian refugees have … [Read more...] about More than one third of Syria’s Palestinians have been displaced