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 June 3, 2018.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on May 31, 2018.
The campaign against the Dakota Access Pipeline launched in December 2016 by a handful of Japanese activists entered a new round of activity this month when two Native Americans, who are Standing Rock Water Protectors, visited Japan, aiming at grassroots alliance-building with international indigenous groups.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on May 29, 2018.
Documentary filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda reflects on his work and the fate of democracy.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on May 23, 2018.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on May 20, 2018.
The subject of art was central to the conversations at the College Women’s Association of Japan (CWAJ) luncheon at the Tokyo American Club on May 9.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on May 13, 2018.
