Visible Minorities: Pandemic Releases Antibodies Toward Non-Japanese
Treating outsiders like contagion has consequences: Society develops antibodies, and Japan’s already-normalized discrimination intensifies.
Speakeasy: Political Trouble for the World Health Organization
This SNA Speakeasy features William Yang on the theme of “Political Trouble for the World Health Organization.”
Anti-CCP Activist Threatened with Expulsion from University of Queensland
Drew Pavlou, an undergraduate at the University of Queensland (UQ), and an outspoken anti-CCP political activist, has been threatened with expulsion.
An Easygoing State of Emergency
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the first half of April 2020.
Speakeasy: Living Large Under Lockdown
This SNA Speakeasy features Phoebe Amoroso on the theme of “Living Large Under Lockdown.”
Speakeasy: Japan Worker Rights in Our Time of Crisis
This SNA Speakeasy features Louis Carlet on the theme of “Japan Worker Rights in Our Time of Crisis.”
WHO Director-General Accuses Taiwan of Racism
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stoked controversy with comments accusing the Taiwanese government of launching an organized campaign against him in the course of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Speakeasy: Strategic Communications During the Covid-19 Crisis
This SNA Speakeasy features David Wagner on the theme of “Strategic Communications During the Covid-19 Crisis.”
Bread & Roses: Worker Rights in the Age of Coronavirus
Around Japan, workers still commute each day on packed trains and file into crowded meeting rooms. Some are told to stay home, with or without pay.
Speakeasy: Countermeasures against Covid-19 in Singapore
This SNA Speakeasy features Tom Benner on the theme of “Countermeasures against Covid-19 in Singapore.”