The Asahi Shimbun has a really ridiculous article on the Kisha Club system, implying that the only criticism is that of foreign news organizations.https://www.asahi.com/english/nation/TKY200402210203.htmlWhat is totally lacking is any sense that the Kisha club system helps to promote censorship.A site that sheds light on this is that of Ken'ichi Asano, journalism … [Read more...] about -Under-reported Japan stories
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-Tell Koizumi: Stop Japanese Funding and Construction of Ebara Corporation’s
Below is the global petition against Japan's export of incineration technology to developing countries in South East Asia or other areas. Currently, we at the GAIA network are concerned about Ebara's huge gasification incinerator in Malaysia which is planned for construction in the middle of a tropical forest with water catchment providing clean water to about to 200 million … [Read more...] about -Tell Koizumi: Stop Japanese Funding and Construction of Ebara Corporation’s
Ueno’s Homeless
Yoshizawa drew on a cigarette held in his dirt-stained right hand as he sat behind his stall. He has a nose split up the middle by an inch-long scar and mud sticks to the hems of his dark grey nylon trousers. Yoshizawa lives homeless in Tokyo?fs Ueno Park. He used to be a builder but now makes money selling the ginkgo nuts he collects in the park. ?gI do this until December,?h … [Read more...] about Ueno’s Homeless
-Dictator Alberto Fujimori and Japanese Government Silence
From ZNet Sustainer ForumPlease consider joining and supporting ZNetBy Andre VltchekIn 1993, one year after the ‘self-coup’ performed by Alberto Fujimori, his supporters and the military, the office of ‘Coordinadora nacional de los derechos humanos’ (‘National Coordination Office for Human Rights’) in Lima was packed with desperate … [Read more...] about -Dictator Alberto Fujimori and Japanese Government Silence
-2 月のピースイベント☆ 2/8 版 !
皆さん、たびたび申し訳ありません。hanaです。 数時間前に送らせて頂いた 【転送転載歓迎】 2 … [Read more...] about -2 月のピースイベント☆ 2/8 版 !