Japan
LGBTQ gains: Japanese Communist Party introduces marriage equality bill in parliament
April 13, 2023The ruling Liberal Democratic Party, ridden with paternalistic and heteronormative “family values,” is hampering the establishment of marriage equality legislation.
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Japanese youth oppose government’s military buildup in conjunction with U.S.’ anti-China campaign
April 4, 2023Hundreds marched in Tokyo demanding PM Kishida abide by the constitution’s anti-war Article 9.
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Japanese government plans to steal health care money for military budget
December 19, 2022Hospital workers are protesting the scheme.
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Shinzo Abe, Japan’s right-wing militarist former prime minister, assassinated
July 8, 2022Abe regularly whitewashed Japanese imperialism’s WWII-era atrocities and sought to make the country a strong military power once again.
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Never-ending plans to expand NATO threaten world peace
May 23, 2022U.S. foreign policy aims to solidify economic control of the world by Western nations.
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