Aihara HirokoTranslation by Yuki MiyamotoIntroduction by Eiichiro OchiaiJanuary 15, 2017 Volume 15 | Issue 2 | Number 3This article first appeared in Japan Focus. Please support them here.INTRODUCTIONMore than five years have elapsed since the great earthquake and the accompanying huge tsunami (on 3.11 of 2011), and its … [Read more...] about Follow Up on Thyroid Cancer! Patient Group Voices Opposition to Scaling Down the Fukushima Prefectural Health Survey¹
Social Justice/社会正義
Not the whitewashed Martin Luther King that most people know
The first video is of of Martin Luther King speaking on the Merv Griffin show about the war in Vietnam and communism. Below that is his speech at the Ebenezer Baptist Church on April 30, 1967. When you see a military band performing in an MLK day, ask yourself what is wrong with that image. When you see the prosecutors of our modern wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan … [Read more...] about Not the whitewashed Martin Luther King that most people know
Takae Helipad Construction Incidents Violence, Evasion of the Law, and False Arrest by Riot Police Unit and Okinawa Defense Bureau
The Riot Police Unit forcibly removed approximately 90 protesters. Ms. Fumiko Shimabukuro (87) was caught in the struggle with the Riot Policemen, injured the pinky finger of her right hand. The injury needed five stitches and was expected to take one week for full recovery. A Ogiminson Village resident (63) was held down by a Riot Police Officer, and got a bruise on his chest … [Read more...] about Takae Helipad Construction Incidents Violence, Evasion of the Law, and False Arrest by Riot Police Unit and Okinawa Defense Bureau
Welcome home, Okinawa
In December 1899, more than two dozen migrants left Okinawa for Hawaii, starting a mass exodus that, for more than a century, has profoundly shaped the communities of those who departed and those who stayed behind. The upcoming sixth Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival offers thousands of Okinawans living overseas a chance to return to their rootsBY JON MITCHELL (originally … [Read more...] about Welcome home, Okinawa
Photo report on police forcibly removing anti-helipad protestors in Takae
From Takashi Morizumi on … [Read more...] about Photo report on police forcibly removing anti-helipad protestors in Takae