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
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TokyoProgressive closes BOOKSHOP and PAYPAL donations, calls for support of anti-repression groups
TOKYOPROGRESSIVE REFUSES COOPERATION WITH PAYPAL AND AMAZON --OUR BOOKSHOP IS CLOSED-- Amazon, Paypal, Visa, the Swiss Post Office and other institutions have blocked the accounts of Wikileaks or taken down their servers. Accordingly, we refuse to cooperate with them and TokyoProgressive is not taking donations until such time as they reverse their decisions. Although … [Read more...] about TokyoProgressive closes BOOKSHOP and PAYPAL donations, calls for support of anti-repression groups
November 25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Submission of international petition calling for the legislative resolution of the “comfort women” issuePetitions collected in Japan, South Korea, and internationally calling for the legislative resolution of the Japanese military sexual slavery, or the so-called “comfort women” issue to be submitted to the Japanese Government and Diet by former so-called “comfort women”, South … [Read more...] about November 25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Rights group backs Filipino sex slaves’ redress bid
Share | Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010 Rights group backs Filipino sex slaves' redress bid MANILA (Kyodo) An international human rights group expressed support Tuesday for Filipino women demanding an official apology from Tokyo for the sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of the Japanese military during World War II. James Ross, legal and policy director of … [Read more...] about Rights group backs Filipino sex slaves’ redress bid
Peace Education Meeting Announcements
IIPE (International Insitute on Peace Education partnership meetingFurther info: Kasa / Asakawa kasan@mac.comWe are hosting the following meetings. 1) Friday October 29th, 18:30 – 20:30“Dialogue among Multicultural Society”Speaker: Sasanka Perera, Colombo University Asia Leadership Fellow Program FellowVenue: JICA Global Plaza 4-2-24 Hiroo, … [Read more...] about Peace Education Meeting Announcements