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1. Japanese and American Catholics Take on the Bomb

(Nuclear Weapons)

...  WASHINGTON, DC. (IDN) -- Nagasaki is the historic centre of Japanese Catholicism. In the 16th century, beginning with the missionary visits of one of the first Jesuits, Francis Xavier, Nagasaki was the ...

Created on 01 August 2020

2. Are the Japanese Really Different? Maybe

(Asia-Pacific)

...  Despite my many visits to Japan, a question continues to pop up. Are the Japanese really different? Are they special? The Japanese people are socially disciplined, orderly and meticulously punctual. ...

Created on 17 May 2019

3. ASEAN Holds the Reins in The South China Sea

(OPINION)

... meeting was greeted with resolute pushback by ASEAN’s ‘balancing’ states — Indonesia and Singapore. More pointedly, the conservative Japanese and pro-US daily, the Yomiuri, editorialised that the United ...

Created on 26 December 2020

4. Almost Unnoticed Nuclear Pandemic Is Spreading in Japan

(Asia-Pacific)

... mix of uranium oxides and plutonium. The Mox for this reactor and other Japanese ones was produced in France, using nuclear waste sent from Japan. Greenpeace has denounced the danger deriving from the ...

Created on 05 November 2020

5. The West Is Often Ill-Informed About Islam

(OPINION)

... of Nazism, fascism or communism. Christianity has spawned all three. Japanese Buddhism failed to resist Japanese militarism and Confucianism proved hospitable to Maoism. Yes, there was Saddam Hussein, ...

Created on 03 November 2020

6. The Promise of the Treaty on Prevention of Nuclear Weapons

(OPINION)

... Treaty’s entry into force marks the beginning of a new phase in the struggle to eliminate the existential threat posed by the world’s nuclear arsenals. Hiroshima and Nagasaki Hibakusha and the Japanese ...

Created on 25 October 2020

7. Reviewing the Book 'Myth of ‘Free Media’ and Fake News in the Post-Truth Era

(ARTS & CULTURE)

... why he didn’t apologise for the US war crime there. But when Japan’s PM Abe went to Pearl Harbour the focus was on a Japanese apology. Another chapter discusses at length how the media reports human ...

Created on 20 September 2020

8. Japan's Longest-Serving Prime Minister Failed to Achieve Most of His Goal

(OPINION)

Viewpoint by Sven Saaler The writer is representative of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Japan and Professor of Modern Japanese History at Sophia University in Tokyo. This article appeared the web-based ...

Created on 06 September 2020

9. Legal Loopholes May Deny Mauritius Much-Needed Oil Spill Clean-Up Funds

(Africa)

... whose lagoons, lush tropical jungles and mountains attract millions of visitors every year. Some 39 dolphins have been found dead since the Japanese-owned ship struck a coral reef on July 25. “This ...

Created on 31 August 2020

10. El Sistema Brings Forth Genius in Every Child

(OPINION)

... him”. Machado and Abreu admitted that their musical effort was an experiment that worked in carefully controlled conditions. They invited to Venezuela one of the most successful teachers of the Japanese ...

Created on 25 August 2020

11. Dirty Oil Floods Pristine African Beach in Major Spill

(Africa)

... to secure transport may have led some oil producers to consider unseaworthy large crude-oil carriers. The Wakashio, a Japanese-owned and Panama-flagged bulk carrier, had been carrying 4,000 tons of fuel ...

Created on 11 August 2020

12. Soviet Advance Not U.S. Atomic Bombings Forced Japan To Surrender

(OPINION)

... control. Indeed, it was the Soviet advance that convinced Japan to surrender.** Although unaware of each other’s thinking both Truman and the Japanese leadership shared a common cause – they both wanted ...

Created on 11 August 2020

13. Looking Back at the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Nuclear Attacks on 75th Anniversary

(OPINION)

... sentient human being who has met or seen the hibakusha (survivors), or visited the hypocentre, or looked at the photographic evidence of the destruction of the two devastated Japanese cities, can avoid ...

Created on 06 August 2020

14. There's a Hidden Economic Trendline That Is Shattering the Global Trade Syste

(OPINION)

... in effect prioritize the claims of domestic manufacturers on national security grounds. Of course, the Japanese authorities have crafted these restrictions on the vague grounds of "national security," ...

Created on 04 July 2020

15. Russia Considers 75th Anniversary of the Great Victory Shared Responsibility to History and our Future

(Russia)

... such as the attack of Italy on Ethiopia, a civil war in Spain, the Japanese aggression against China and the Anschluss of Austria. Furthermore, in case of the Munich Betrayal that, in addition to Hitler ...

Created on 20 June 2020

16. Out of the Belly of Hell: COVID-19 and the Humanisation of Globalisation – Part 2: So What Is Globalisation Then?

(OPINION)

...  Cisgender male privilege did not crumble. Religiously-blessed male domination, Hindu, Christian and Muslim, continued to reproduce itself, as it does in secular forms in Chinese Communism and Japanese ...

Created on 07 June 2020

17. Did Japan Beat COVID-19 with a Decentralized Response?

(Asia-Pacific)

... nationwide policies, the Japanese people mostly resorted to diverse, bottom-up, decentralized, and local responses and achieved much better results than many countries that imposed lockdowns and other ...

Created on 31 May 2020

18. COVID-19 Revives Racism Against Asian-Australians and Threatens Relations with China

(OPINION)

... most complex operations involving Australian land, air and sea forces in the war. It was also the last Australian campaign to be planned and undertaken. Borneo had been captured by the Japanese in early ...

Created on 21 May 2020

19. Racial Prejudice in Quest of Cure for COVID-19 Pandemic?

(OPINION)

... European or Japanese lab, President Rajoelina said, he would not have had to answer all the questions about the safety, quality or efficacy of the herbal remedy, when hundreds of people are still dying ...

Created on 20 May 2020

20. Russia's Victory in WWII Changed the World but War Drums Continu

(Russia)

... perished during the War, and many of them died due to deliberate genocide, massacres, mass-bombings, disease, and starvation.  Among poignant atrocities are the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; atomic ...

Created on 06 May 2020

21. America Should Not Be Number One Because It's A Spent Sta

(USA and Canada)

... Even if Trump is deposed in the November election, the Europeans, the Canadians and Japanese should not let it return to being treated as number one. It is too beholden to the military/legislative/industrial/academic ...

Created on 28 April 2020

22. CORVID 19 - The Insatiable Urge to Bash China Surfaces Again!

(OPINION)

... Clemens von Ketteler, imperial Germany's minister to China. In August 1900, an international military-force of Russian, Japanese, British, French, and American soldiers captured Beijing, before the German ...

Created on 09 March 2020

23. Trump's Abandonment of Nuclear Deal with Iran Backfire

(UN INSIDER)

... a Japanese diplomat, remarked to IAEA's Board of Governors, "Iran is implementing its nuclear commitments". Amano, who died in July 2019, urged Tehran to continue adhering to the deal, known as JCPOA. The ...

Created on 06 March 2020

24. Uncertainty Haunts the Future of Non-Proliferation Treaty and Disarmament

(Nuclear Weapons)

... (survivors), or visited the hypocentres in the two cities, or seen the photographic evidence of the destruction of these two Japanese cities, can avoid being shocked and horrified by the devastation that ...

Created on 27 February 2020

25. Buddhist Leader Calls for Nuclear Weapons Free Security

(Nuclear Weapons)

... of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Buddhist network. It is his 38th annual peace proposal titled 'Toward Our Shared Future: Constructing an Era of Human Solidarity'. The original Japanese version was ...

Created on 13 February 2020

26. Papal Visit to Japan Revives Debate About Death Penalty

(Asia-Pacific)

... capital punishment does “justice” and contributes to “healing pain”. This view contributes to public opinion polls showing that a majority of Japanese favour the death penalty. The fact however is that ...

Created on 30 November 2019

27. Action Needed to Face Looming Danger of Cyberwar

(UN INSIDER)

... United States Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has summed up the risks at this level warning of a “cyber Pearl Harbour” – an allusion to the devastating Japanese attack on Hawaii that caught the US unawares ...

Created on 23 November 2019

28. Japan Between Cosmopolitanism and Ritualised Tradition

(OPINION)

... throne, however, has brought to the fore how much Japan searches for its core identity beneath the harmonious surface. The Japanese government and the governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) were ...

Created on 08 November 2019

29. Mega Development Project at Buddha’s Birthplace

(Asia-Pacific)

... added. Burmese temple (left) and German Tibetan temple (right). Photos: Kalinga Seneviratne The plan to develop Lumbini as a Buddhist pilgrim centre was first proposed by a Japanese professor Kenzo ...

Created on 06 November 2019

30. Growing Anxiety About the Crucial 2020 NPT Review Conference

(Nuclear Weapons)

By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – The survivors of atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Mayors of the two Japanese cities whose inhabitants have experienced first-hand the mind boggling ...

Created on 26 October 2019

31. Nuclear Abolition Exhibition Boosts Japan-Kazakh Relations

(Nuclear Weapons)

... of nuclear weapons”. Japanese Ambassador to Kazakhstan Tatsuhiko Kasai expressed praise for organization of the exhibition ‘Everything You Treasure – For a World Free from Nuclear Weapons’, and mentioned ...

Created on 17 October 2019

32. UN Convenes A High-Level Forum to Stress the Significance of Culture of Peace

(Quality Education)

... last decade of implementation of the SDGs, according to a background note by the UN. In a recent interview with the Japanese newspaper Seikyo Shimbun Ambassador Chowdhury said: “It is essential to remember ...

Created on 10 September 2019

33. It Is Time to Close and Lock the Door on Nuclear Testing

(OPINION)

... than the Kremlin had previously admitted. Today, the Kazakh government estimates that Soviet-era testing harmed about 1.5 million people in Kazakhstan alone. A 2008 study by Kazakh and Japanese doctors ...

Created on 02 September 2019

34. CEND Is Creating the Conditions to ‘Never Disarm’ – 74 Years Since Hiroshima, Nagasaki

(OPINION)

... two cities, or seen the photographic evidence of the destruction of these two Japanese cities, can avoid being shocked and horrified by the devastation that was inflicted by nuclear weapons. Until ...

Created on 05 August 2019

35. UAE and Russia Eye Geopolitical and Commercial Mileage in Climate Change

(Middle East)

... to at most 19 days. He said the Russian rail company was looking at building logistics centres with Japanese trading firm Sojitz. Upgrading the Trans-Siberian Railway would significantly bolster Russia’s ...

Created on 24 July 2019

36. Nuclear Watchdog Chief Amano Leaves Behind a Rich Legacy

(Peace & Justice)

... – a Japanese national – wrote that over the past decade, the agency also known as the nuclear watchdog had delivered "concrete results" to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, in line with its mandate. ...

Created on 23 July 2019

37. U.S. Accusations Against Iran Not Without Risk

(USA and Canada)

... make a deal.” During his Japan trip, Trump also endorsed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s plan to visit Iran, raising speculation that Abe is serving as a mediator for the Trump administration (see ...

Created on 14 June 2019

38. Ship Strikes Killing Whales That Survived the Hunters

(OPINION)

... since 1986. But curiously, it is the Japanese whaling activity that arouses the unmitigated ire of NGOs. Japan appears to have taken over 21,842 since 1986. The total number of whales has increased very ...

Created on 31 May 2019

39. Ancient Silk Route Hub Gets Ready for Modern Tourism

(Central Asia)

... visit the capital Tashkent and the cradle of Moghul Islamic culture Samarkand. Bukhara is about eight hours by train from Tashkent. Recently, a Japanese built ‘bullet train’ has been introduced that cuts ...

Created on 25 May 2019

40. High School Students' Conference Stimulates Youth Engagement in Nuclear Disarmament

(Disarmament)

... time. It was encouraging to have such a diverse mixture of global and local components in this education program. The conference offered students from five Japanese high schools, three Russian high schools ...

Created on 27 April 2019

41. The Secret of Greatness Lies in 'Net Resources

(OPINION)

... is the best measurement, in most cases it predicts outcomes. Beckley has trawled through the data on war and “net resources” and found this to be usually true. Look at the Chinese-Japanese War of 1937-1939. ...

Created on 23 April 2019

42. Eminent Buddhist Leader Urges Halt to Nuclear Weapons and Killer Robots

(OPINION)

... Gakkai Peace Committee participates, offered the following recommendations from Japanese civil society to the fourth meeting of the Group of Eminent Persons (EPG): “The expansion of the international norm ...

Created on 19 April 2019

43. Terrorism Comes Unannounced to Laid Back New Zealand

(Asia-Pacific)

... With the influx of Chinese, Japanese and Korean tourists, Auckland takes the appearance of Hong Kong or Singapore in the summer. Historically, the Maori have legitimate reasons for feeling bitter about ...

Created on 06 April 2019

44. African WWII Vets Seek Formal Apology, Compensation From UK

(Africa)

... said Eusebio Mbiuki, a 100-year-old veteran who served in Britain’s Burma campaign against the Japanese. “They beat us a lot. Our bodies became so swollen from the beatings. They would beat us and slap ...

Created on 20 February 2019

45. Experts Discuss Prospects of Peace on The Korean Peninsula

(Asia-Pacific)

... Toda Peace Institute and the National Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Otago, New Zealand, the colloquium heard South Korean, U.S., Chinese, Russian, and Japanese perspectives ...

Created on 19 February 2019

46. Antarctica: The Tale Of A Beauty Condemned

(Climate Action)

... may have been killed by these three nations, Norway takes the largest number. But curiously, it is the Japanese whaling activity that arouses the unmitigated ire of NGOs. The total number of whales has ...

Created on 16 January 2019

47. Japan Shines with a Youth Forum to Commemorate Universal Human Rights Declaration

(Asia-Pacific)

... Rights Watch. The significance of the activity in Tokyo was accentuated by the fact that the Japanese government has emphasised on several occasions the country's firm belief in the promotion and protection ...

Created on 16 December 2018

48. Verification is Key to Denuclearization of North Korea

(CTBTO)

... one of the most practical and achievable elements of a nuclear-weapons-free world. [IDN-InDepthNews – 20 November 2018] Photo: Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono co-chairs the ninth Ministerial Meeting ...

Created on 20 November 2018

49. Disarmament in Uncertain Times Discussed in Reykjavik

(Nuclear Weapons)

... and contexts. These include measures for elimination, prohibitions, arms control, limitation, reductions, non-proliferation, regulation, transparency, confidence-building, etc.” Meanwhile, the Japanese ...

Created on 08 November 2018

50. Leaders of World and Traditional Religions Gather in Astana for Inclusive Dialogue

(OPINION)

... in the Orthodox Church, Chief Rabbis of Israel Yona Metzger, Shlomo Amar and Yitzhak Yosef, President of Jinja Honcho (the Japanese Association of Shinto Shrines) Tsunekiyo Tanaka, Chairman of the Institute ...

Created on 08 October 2018