Japan
Japan’s new prime minister vows strong economy – but for whom?
June 22, 2010Prime Minister Kan Naoto in his first policy speech said he will pursue a "third way" on the economy, but it doesn't look like it.
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Okinawa election rally: U.S. base is not deterrent
June 11, 2010Japan peace movement and voters continue to press against relocation of U.S. military base in Okinawa.
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Japan’s prime minister resigns over U.S. base on Okinawa
June 3, 2010The prime minister of Japan resigns because of solid opposition throughout Japan to relocating a U.S. military base on Okinawa.
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90,000 protest U.S. base in Okinawa
April 27, 2010More than 90,000 people took to the streets in Okinawa, Japan, on April 25 to demand that a controversial U.S. military base be closed.
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A-bomb survivors to hold exhibit in NYC in May
March 31, 2010Atomic bomb survivors from Nagasaki and Hiroshima, known as Hibakusha, will go to New York on the occasion of the NPT Review Conference in May and hold an A-bomb exhibition at the United Nations.
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