Tobacco’s Control of the Japanese Media
How the Japanese media is influenced by big money interests to downplay the health threat of cigarette smoking
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Yasunori Kagoike and the Akheed Scandal
Principal Yasunori Kagoike of Moritomo Gakuen claims he was secretly given money by Akie Abe, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Interview with Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike
The SNA sits down for a short, exclusive English-language interview with Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike
Tokyo Americans’ Call to Combat Climate Change
Protest held in Tokyo by Americans concerned with Trump administration’s unwillingness to recognize the severe dangers of climate change.
Greenpeace Japan, the 2020 Olympics, and Sustainable Seafood
Greenpeace Japan calls on the nation to use the opportunity of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to support sustainable seafood
Women’s March Tokyo
Women march in Tokyo for gender equality.
Remilitarizing Japanese Universities
Japanese academics and scientists argue that the Abe government is in the process of shifting the nation’s university system and its industry from a footing of peace and consumerism toward the re-formation of a military-industrial complex, which will make the society increasingly dependent on arms exports and foreign wars.
Japan’s Internationalization and the English Language
The successes and failures of Japan’s internationalization, especially its struggles with the English language
No Walls Can Divide Us
Americans march in Tokyo to reaffirm the necessity for tolerance and diversity.
Expatriates, Immigrants, Refugees
Donald Trump’s executive order swept up the wrong people, demonstrating his administration’s curious confusion about basic terms and definitions.
