Japan's Political and Constitutional CrossroadsBy John Junkerman, Gavan McCormack, and David McNeillJapan is at a constitutional—and political—crossroads. In the wake of dispatch of GSDF forces to Iraq and the MSDF fleet to the Persian Gulf, the pacifist constitution faces the possibility of revision for the first time since its adoption during the postwar occupation sixty … [Read more...] about The Case for Japanese Constitutional Revision Assessed
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Becoming an Ugly and Dangerous Nation!
By Nikkan GendaiTranslated by Nobuko Adachi http://japanfocus.org/products/details/2293[The following article presents a critical responses to the proposed changes in national educational policy by Japan’s new prime minister, Abe Shinzo. It is one of many appearing in Japanese newspapers and magazines in the past six weeks. The centerpiece of the Abe administration’s … [Read more...] about Becoming an Ugly and Dangerous Nation!
summer news 2006
ORWELL ROLLS IN HIS GRAVE http://www.orwellrollsinhisgrave.com/trailer.htmITEM TWO lst Annual Japan Writers Conference Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan (English map at http://www.ocha.ac.jp/english/access/index.htmlSEE BELOW FOR A FULLER DESCRIPTION OF ITEM TWO ◆Peace Not War Japan： CD … [Read more...] about summer news 2006
On the ascension of Abe as PM, bad for peace, bad for women, just plain bad
With an ultra conservative cabinet, newly annoited Prime Minister Abe, who talks as if he would like nothing better than to go to war with North Korea, is poised to:(1) continue neoliberal policies that have widened the gap between rich and not-so-rich(2) promote ultra-nationalism even in the face of a court ruling protecting the rights of teachers not to be have a flag … [Read more...] about On the ascension of Abe as PM, bad for peace, bad for women, just plain bad
Immunity of Non-Combatants and Myth of Good Intentions: 61 Years After Hiroshima/Nagasaki
By Herbert P. BixIn late 1945, in a context of restored peace, American leaders set about constructing the postwar international order. Among the issues they confronted were the establishment of the United Nations and the reaction of U.S. citizens to the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The latter especially provoked a short-lived mood of uncertainty about the … [Read more...] about Immunity of Non-Combatants and Myth of Good Intentions: 61 Years After Hiroshima/Nagasaki