The people of Okinawa vote unmistakably to end the plan to build a new US Marine airbase at Henoko beach with the election of Governor Takeshi Onaga. Signs are few, however, that the governments in Tokyo or Washington are prepared to listen.
Inamine reflects on US military bases, economic development, and the state of democracy in Okinawa.
There’s a whole lotta shaking going on in Tokyo.
Shibuya is one of Japan’s most iconic locations.
Lawmaker argues that wealth should be kept at home, and that building casinos in Japan may be just the ticket to keep it there.
The government deals itself all the cards in deciding what constitutes acceptable journalism about official policymaking.
Freelance journalists raid the Diet kisha club building in order to properly report the massive protests against the Abe government’s unilateral dismissal of the Japanese Constitution.
The Embassy of the Republic of Colombia in Tokyo surprised shoppers on the mild summer evening of June 14, 2014.
Yu Terasawa wins a prestigious international media award; too bad the Japanese media won’t tell you.
Tottori Prefecture, Japan’s smallest prefecture by population, aims to make its agricultural industry competitive by producing top quality beef and fruit.
