Japan

Japan just can’t seem to catch a break as extreme forces in nature repeatedly buffet the island. Efforts are currently underway to coax former Nahara residents, evacuated during the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi triple meltdown, to return to their…

A series of bills proposed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would allow the country’s soldiers to deploy abroad for the first time since World War II by Sarah Lazare, staff writer for Common Dreams With a new poll showing majority…

Titled, “Somber reflections on the last days of the Pacific War at the ‘Chapel of the Thunder Gods’”,  Hong Kong-based journalist Steven Knipp was published in Time on this day marking the 70-year anniversary of Japan’s surrender. (Extracts follow, for…

Despite opposition from a majority of the Japanese people, the government is forcing this through, without a doubt, the work of a dictatorship. But, this sight before me right now really fills me with hope. Whether this country will permit…

Japan marked the 70th anniversary of its World War II surrender Saturday with about 7,000 people at the ceremonials and observing a period of silence at noon in Nippon Budokan, a hall in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward. Exactly 70 years ago,…

At a press conference on the 5th of August organised by the Greek branch of World without Wars and Violence and the Greek peace campaigner Panos Trigazis, in Athens, Nikos Stergiou gave this reflection on the Hiroshima bombing and it’s…

In our town, we had the warmth of family life, the deep human bonds of community, festivals heralding each season, traditional culture and buildings passed down through history, as well as riversides where children played. At 8:15 a.m., August 6,…

It was just two months ago that the Japanese parliament passed the bill lowering the voting age from 20 to 18 years old, that is coming into effective in July 2016. The new cohort and soon-to-be voters are now challenging…

By Gary G. Kohls, MD*  August 6, 2015, is the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, a civilian city that had minimal military value, despite the claims of President Truman when he announced the event to the American…

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe: Save Japan’s Peace Constitution Global Article 9 Campaign [Read this in French. Also find a previous version in Japanese, Korean,Chinese, Spanish, and Russian.] Today, Japan’s peace constitution is – more than ever – in danger.        Japan’s…