See also: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/01/15/national/politics-diplomacy/u-s-stored-chemical-arms-okinawa-deter-n-korea-documents/#.VLt5qovlPBp The U.S. government told Japan in 1970 it was storing chemical arms in Okinawa out of the belief that North Korea possessed similar weapons, according to declassified Japanese diplomatic documents released Thursday.A … [Read more...] about U.S. stored chemical arms in Okinawa to deter N. Korea: documents
War and Empire/戦争＆支配権力
Elderly Henoko activists injured in base relocation protest (Japan Times)
BY DAVID MCNEILLSPECIAL TO THE JAPAN TIMES Two elderly protesters have been hurt trying to block trucks from entering Camp Schwab in Okinawa Prefecture, near the construction site of a bitterly contested American base.Fumiko Shimabukuro, 85, was knocked to the ground during a scuffle with members of the Okinawan Prefectural Police who had been escorting the … [Read more...] about Elderly Henoko activists injured in base relocation protest (Japan Times)
IPS-Inter Press Agency stories
Nuclear States Face Barrage of Criticisms in Vienna Jamshed Baruah There was a sarcastic laughter when a civil society representative expressed his “admiration for the delegate of the United States, who with one insensitive, ill-timed, inappropriate and diplomatically inept intervention” had “managed to dispel the considerable goodwill the U.S. had garnered by its … [Read more...] about IPS-Inter Press Agency stories
Democracy Now Engllsh: GMO Deception and Nazis given safe haven by the U.S. government
"The GMO Deception": Sheldon Krimsky on How BigAg & the Government Is Putting Your Food at Risk11/01/2014 - 00:41From Democracy Now (English)Watch part 2 of our conversation with Sheldon Krimsky, editor of The GMO Deception: What You Need to Know about the Food, Corporations, and Government Agencies Putting Our Families and Our Environment at Risk. He is … [Read more...] about Democracy Now Engllsh: GMO Deception and Nazis given safe haven by the U.S. government
Okinawa Base Issue (compiled stories)
Nago City Assembly Statement: Demands halt of Jp govt drilling at the coral & dugong reef in the Sea of Henoko; says forced drilling "a denial of democracy and tramples on the dignity of the people of Nago and Okinawa, and absolutely cannot be … [Read more...] about Okinawa Base Issue (compiled stories)