In Japan, activist Hiroji Yamashiro has been released on bail, after he spent five months imprisoned on charges he cut through a barbed wire fence … Activist Hiroji Yamashiro Released on BailRead more
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Orwell (and the President) Come to Hiroshima
How to you hide a trillion dollars or spending $66,000 a minute for thirty years building a new nuclear arsenal? Put another way, how to … Orwell (and the President) Come to HiroshimaRead more
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Northeast Japan dodges bullet from M7.4 quake
A powerful earthquake struck northeastern Japan on Tuesday morning, briefly disrupting nuclear fuel cooling functions at the Fukushima No. 2 power plant and generating tsunami … Northeast Japan dodges bullet from M7.4 quakeRead more
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Veterans for Peace Join Protests Against U.S. Base on Okinawa
Delegations of Veterans for Peace activists have arrived in Okinawa, Japan, to join protests against the construction of U.S. Marine helipads in Takae, as well … Veterans for Peace Join Protests Against U.S. Base on OkinawaRead more
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A strong message to tourist Obama
President Obama has become the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Japanese city of Hiroshima since U.S. warplanes dropped the first atomic bomb on … A strong message to tourist ObamaRead more
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Building atom bomb and then visit its victim to insult them
The White House has announced President Obama will become the first serving U.S. president to visit the Japanese city of Hiroshima later this month. But … Building atom bomb and then visit its victim to insult themRead more
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President Obama Should Meet A-Bomb Survivors
President Obama is considering a visit to Hiroshima during the G-7 economic summit in Japan later this month. Hiroshima is an impressively rebuilt, thriving city … President Obama Should Meet A-Bomb SurvivorsRead more
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Okinawa Sues Tokyo in Effort to Block US Base
Okinawa officials on Friday filed a lawsuit against the central Japanese government in a new bid to block the slated construction of a U.S. military … Okinawa Sues Tokyo in Effort to Block US BaseRead more
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Hanaoka Massacre of Chinese Forced Laborers
When U.S. occupation forces liberated Allied POW camps in the Akita area in northern Japan in the early fall 1945, they came across piles of … Hanaoka Massacre of Chinese Forced LaborersRead more