Japan’s Pro-Nuclear Labor Union
Explainer for Denryoku Soren, the Federation of Electric Power Related Industry Worker’s Unions
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First Mainstream LGBT Magazine Launched in Japan
The first LGBT magazine by a major publisher is launched in Japan, signaling a new era of gender relations.
Tobacco’s Control of the Japanese Media
How the Japanese media is influenced by big money interests to downplay the health threat of cigarette smoking
Yasunori Kagoike and the Akheed Scandal
Principal Yasunori Kagoike of Moritomo Gakuen claims he was secretly given money by Akie Abe, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Interview with Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike
The SNA sits down for a short, exclusive English-language interview with Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike
Tokyo Americans’ Call to Combat Climate Change
Protest held in Tokyo by Americans concerned with Trump administration’s unwillingness to recognize the severe dangers of climate change.
Women’s March Tokyo
Women march in Tokyo for gender equality.
Remilitarizing Japanese Universities
Japanese academics and scientists argue that the Abe government is in the process of shifting the nation’s university system and its industry from a footing of peace and consumerism toward the re-formation of a military-industrial complex, which will make the society increasingly dependent on arms exports and foreign wars.
No Walls Can Divide Us
Americans march in Tokyo to reaffirm the necessity for tolerance and diversity.
Donald Trump and the Replay of the Reichstag Fire
The direction of the US President Donald Trump’s tweets suggest a coming crisis for American democracy.
