Disasters South and North
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on September 8, 2018.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on September 8, 2018.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on July 16, 2018.
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.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on May 31, 2018.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on April 25, 2018.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on March 25, 2018.
This Week in Japan is your source for news and information about politics and other happenings in this East Asian island country. This episode covers the Top Five stories of the first week of February 2018.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 7, 2018.
The anti-base forces just lost this year’s second-most important election in Okinawa. Their energies must now be directed to winning the main event.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 5, 2018.