Protesters are once again questioning the value of American military bases on Okinawa, Japan because of crimes against Japanese citizens perpetrated by United States servicemen. Ongoing Issue Japan TV’s NHK Newsline (aka NHK World), has … [Read more...]
September 18, 2015 – Japan
Controversial Japanese legislation, known as Collective Self-defense, was approved a few hours ago (still the 18th in much of the world but already the 19th in Asia). According to DW TV, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was determined to push … [Read more...]
August 06, 2015 — Japan
Did someone turn back the clock while we were all sleeping? In several ways the world seems to be trending back to pre-World War II like conditions. One of these involves Japan. Her parliament (the Diet) is currently debating whether a … [Read more...]
