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Japan Press Service News (End-Oct to Early November)

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Japan-ROK lawmakers call for actions abiding by Kono StatementThe Japan-ROK parliamentarians’ union and its South Korean counterpart adopted a joint statement reaffirming that Japan will carry on with the 1993 Kono Statement and the 1995 Murayama Statement.Read moreWhat will come after revision of Worker Dispatch Law?The Abe government submitted a bill to revise the Worker … [Read more...] about Japan Press Service News (End-Oct to Early November)

3,800 protesters surrounding OPG buildings say no to new US air base construction

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In the afternoon on October 9th, about 3,800 people holding signboards with messages "No to a new base in Henoko," and "We will not surrender," surrounded the Okinawa Prefectural Government buildings in Naha.(Photograph taken by Futoshi Hanashiro.)October 10, 2014 Ryukyu ShimpoOn October 9, citizen groups formed a human chain around the Okinawa Prefectural Government (OPG) … [Read more...] about 3,800 protesters surrounding OPG buildings say no to new US air base construction

Japan’s Fundamental Freedoms Imperiled

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Oct. 13, 2014Asia Pacific Journal and Hokusei University Support GroupThe Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 12, Issue 41, No. 4, October 13, 2014 from Japan FocusIntroduction In early August, the Asahi Shimbun retracted some stories that it published in the 1990s about the wartime “comfort women”. According to the newspaper, the most egregious mistakes involved … [Read more...] about Japan’s Fundamental Freedoms Imperiled