Journalist Junpei Yasuda Released from Syria Captivity
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on October 25, 2018.
Tag Archives: Okinawa (island)
Denny Tamaki Wins Okinawa Gubernatorial Election
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on September 30, 2018.
Abe Reelected Liberal Democratic Party Leader
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on September 23, 2018.
Abe’s Pro-Whaling Policy Defeated
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on September 16, 2018.
Bulldozed Villages and Good Neighbors in Okinawa
On May 4, US Marine Corps Commandant General Robert B. Neller’s words spoken at a press conference the day before became front-page news in Okinawa.
Massive Rainstorm Devastates Western Japan
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on July 10, 2018.
The Return of Korematsu v. United States
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on June 30, 2018.
DHC Television: Cosmetics and Conspiracy Theories
SNA (Tokyo) — Japan’s ultranationalist elite, shut out of the mainstream discourse of a significantly civil society and venues such as broadcast television, have found a cozy new home for their creative history and effusions of ethnic supremacy on the American website YouTube. Although there
Towards an Abe-Kim Summit
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on June 15, 2018.
Okinawa’s Anti-Base Movement Faces Crisis
In mid-2018, Okinawa’s anti-base movement faces a crisis. The struggle to resist construction of a US military base in Nago City’s Henoko district has never been easy. It confronts two governments, Japan and the United States, that deploy all instruments of state power–police, propaganda, intervening in local elections—to get their way.
