News and Analysis: Japan

Our view on 'territorial disputes' in East Asia

Statement from Japanese Communist League

November 9, 2012

Recently in East Asia, political tension regarding the territorial sovereignty over Dokto Island (Takeshima in Japanese) and also the Diaoyu Islands (Senkaku Islands in Japanese) has grown.

End attacks on women: Troops out of Okinawa!

WORD statement of solidarity

October 25, 2012

On Oct. 16, two U.S. sailors raped a woman in Okinawa. WORD condemns this act of violence and demands justice for the victim and all victims of rape by the U.S. military.

Why no sanctions on the United States?

A long and bloody record of 'crimes against peace'

July 5, 2012

Why are there no sanctions against the U.S.? Why are no U.S. leaders—past or present—currently occupying prison cells or awaiting trial?

Temperatures rise at Fukushima nuclear reactor

In brief

February 25, 2012

News about the nuclear disaster at Fukushima may have disappeared from the corporate media, but the crisis is far from over.

Fukushima crisis continues

In brief

December 18, 2011

Although the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima power plant is no longer front page news, facts on the ground reveal an expanding crisis.

Massive cost estimated for Japan's nuclear cleanup

In brief

October 5, 2011

The Japanese government has made its first official estimate of the extent of the cleanup operation the country faces six months after the start of the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Japanese radiation crisis worse than originally thought

Profit motive made nuclear crisis inevitable

June 21, 2011

While it has all but vanished from the mainstream press, the nuclear crisis in Japan has escalated.

Thousands protest nuclear power in Tokyo

In brief

May 19, 2011

Several thousand people gathered in Tokyo on May 7 to protest against nuclear energy as anger grows following the ongoing disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant.

Japan nuclear crisis highlights dangers of profit-before-people industry

Fukushima plants release radiation while government downplays danger

March 27, 2011

Capitalism 101 in a nutshell: Cheaper design plus increased danger plus lax regulatory oversight equals higher profits.

‘Stand with the people of Japan’

People, not profit!

March 23, 2011

Speech given by Japanese anti-war activist Mika, at the March 19 anti-war protest in Los Angeles on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of the Iraq war.

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