The Abe Climate COP Out
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the first half of December 2019.
Tag Archives: Oura Bay (Okinawa)
Record National Budget Enacted
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on March 27, 2019.
Henoko Enemies List Exposed
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on January 31, 2019.
Japan and South Korea Engage in Tit-for-Tat
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on January 7, 2019.
Democracy Denied in Okinawa
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on December 15, 2018.
Diet Extension to Push Immigration Bill
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on November 15, 2018.
“Behavior Unworthy of a Nation Governed by Law”
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on October 31, 2018.
The Heat Is On
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on July 23, 2018.
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.
