Japan

Mutated butterflies: Fukushima aftermath continues

August 17, 2012 By Blake Skylar

For those who continue to argue that nuclear energy is both feasible and safe, protesters may have a new, compelling argument: "Tell that to the butterflies."

Today in labor history … no more Hiroshimas or Nagasakis

August 9, 2012 By Special to People’s World

The United States dropped a nuclear bomb on Nagasaki, Japan today Aug. 9, 1945, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, the only two cases of using a nuclear weapon against civilians.

In Japan, thousands protest nuclear power

July 18, 2012 By Blake Skylar

This comes one year after Japan was struck by the earthquake- and tsunami-triggered Fukushima Daichi disaster.

Investigation: Fukushima nuclear disaster was “man-made”

July 6, 2012 By Susan Webb

Last year's Fukushima nuclear catastrophe was "man-made" and "the result of collusion" between the government, regulators and the company.

Build solidarity among 99 percent to change economic system

November 9, 2011 By Japan Press Service

The protest against poverty and disparity that started in Wall Street in New York has spread to many other cities in the United States as well as abroad.