Bread & Roses: How Nakasone Crushed Japan’s Labor Movement
Yasuhiro Nakasone, who served as prime minister from 1982 to 1987 and died this past November 29, broke the back of Japan’s labor movement.
Tag Archives: Pacific War (1937-1945)
South Korea Folds Under US Pressure
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the last half of November 2019.
A One-Sided US-Japan Trade Agreement
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the second half of September 2019.
Abe Rewards Friends in Latest Cabinet Reshuffle
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the first half of September 2019.
Japan-South Korea Military Information Pact Terminated
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the first half of August 2019.
Visible Minorities: Debito’s New Column for Shingetsu News Agency
I look forward to writing for a Shingetsu News Agency that challenges the stale conventions and speaks truth to power. The point is to increase the visibility of minorities, and to assist Japanese of goodwill in dismantling the systems that keep them disenfranchised.
The Outliers and the Crazies
A new art movement in Tokyo seeks to help Japanese young people find their individuality.
Atomic Bombing Apology Remains Unlikely
After almost three-quarters of a century it appears unlikely that Japan will ever receive an apology from the United States for its horrific atomic bombings.
The World Leaves Japan and South Korea to Slug It Out
While Japan and South Korea are locked in an escalating and rather senseless set of retaliatory actions against one another, the rest of the world simply sits on the sidelines, afraid to either take a side or even mediate between the two nations.
Akita Election Deals Blow to Controversial Missile Defense System
The planned construction of the Aegis Ashore missile defense system in Akita has once again suffered a blow as independent, opposition-supported candidate Shizuka Terata won in the House of Councillors election. Terata’s victory owes to the efforts of many in the region who are strongly opposed to the deployment of the facility so close to the city center.
