"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
Japan and Asia/日本とアジア
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
New Meltdown Byproduct Found Far From Fukushima Daichi
Another type of material has been found by researchers that is tied to the meltdowns at Fukushima Daiichi. We have reported extensively over the years on the finding of “black stuff” around mainland Japan. This is a highly radioactive black sand like material that had gathered in gutters and roads as far away as Tokyo. Analysis of materials of that type has linked them to the … [Read more...] about New Meltdown Byproduct Found Far From Fukushima Daichi
On the Non-Defense of Japan: The Japan-US Treaty of Mutual Deception, Ignorance and Insecurity
By D. H. Garrett “The war with Japan had been enacted in the game rooms at the War College by so many people and in so many different ways that nothing that happened during the war was a surprise absolutely nothing except the kamikaze tactics toward the end of the war. We had not visualized these.” -Chester W. Nimitz- Students protesting against the Ampo treaty and … [Read more...] about On the Non-Defense of Japan: The Japan-US Treaty of Mutual Deception, Ignorance and Insecurity