Japan

Bhopal: Hiroshima of the chemical industry

Almost 40 years ago, on Dec. 3, 1984, some 27 tons of poisonous methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas, 500 times more…

September 24, 2024

Release of Fukushima wastewater threatens workers

The Japanese government began releasing wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean on Aug. 24. The controversial…

September 4, 2023

Camp David summit outlines military alliance against China

August 22 — U.S. war threats against China heightened this week. On Aug. 18, President Joe Biden framed an aggressive…

August 25, 2023

Global solidarity with Writers Guild strike

The International Affiliation of Writers Guilds (IAWG), Federation of Screenwriters in Europe (FSE) and UNI Global Union (UNI-MEI) organized global…

June 23, 2023

Japan rearms under Washington’s pressure − a wake-up call to the antiwar movement

The Dec. 16 announcement by Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of a new defense strategy, while doubling military spending by…

December 28, 2022

Protest targets discrimination against Koreans living in Japan 

  A demonstration in front of the Japanese Consulate in New York City on Oct. 28, with drums, chants and…

November 4, 2021

<span class="streamer2">Naomi Osaka’s treatment raises question</span> <br />Are pro athletes exploited workers?

In the Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels describe the degrading character of work under capitalism, whereby workers “are…

June 8, 2021

Why Hiroshima and Nagasaki were incinerated

Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Hiroshima on May 27, the first sitting U.S. president to do so. Obama’s visit…

May 20, 2016

Fuerzas de clase detrás del genocidio estadounidense en Hiroshima y Nagasaki

En el 70º aniversario de los asesinatos en masa de la población civil de Hiroshima y Nagasaki en Japón, el…

August 18, 2015