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Visible Minorities: Latest Visa Rules Could Purge Any Foreigner

Even after political leadership has finally shed Shinzo Abe, the Japanese government has found new ways to discriminate against foreign residents of Japan.

Bread & Roses: Japan’s Decade of Labor Law Regression

The labor union I represent, Tozen Union, this year marked its decennial anniversary–ten years since its founding on April 25, 2010.

Suga’s Carbon Zero Goal Met with Praise and Skepticism

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s announcement that the Japanese nation will go net zero in terms of carbon emissions by 2050 has been widely welcomed as a step in the right direction by environmentalists and others focused on the growing threat of climate change.

Working Timeline of Covid-19 in Japan

The Covid-19 crisis became a dominating issue for the world, and Japan is no exception. This is a timeline of the events so far.

Dumping Fukushima Water into the Pacific Ocean

Nearly a decade after the 2011 Fukushima disaster, the government has decided to release more than one million tons of treated radioactive water, currently being stored at the nuclear plant, into the Pacific Ocean, despite fierce opposition from fishermen and some environmentalists.

Suga Administration Henoko Base Policy Faces Shifting Realities

Throughout its nearly eight years in power, the Abe administration pressed forward with all its might to build a new US airbase at Henoko, Okinawa.

Bread & Roses: Uncle Reiwa Quickly Abuses His Power

Outright rejection of appointing certain researchers to the Science Council of Japan without disclosing the reason is an abuse of the prime minister’s power.