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1Jul

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Japan

Fukushima: “An Ongoing Global Radiological Catastrophe”. “A Huge Coverup”. Dr. Helen Caldicott

NOVANEWS Transcript of 8th anniversary interview with Dr. Helen Caldicott By Dr. Helen Caldicott and Michael Welch Global Research This article was first published on March 21, 2019 The eight year anniversary of the triple meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility passed mostly without comment in mainstream media circles. In spite of ongoing radiological contamination that will continue to spread and threaten human health for lifetimes to come, other stories dominate the international news cycle. The climate change conundrum, serious though it may be, seemingly crowds out all other clear and present environmental hazards. As part of efforts to normalize this historic event and cover it up in its magnitude, the Japanese government has invested considerable financial, ...

27Jun

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Japan

Japan’s F-35 Acquisition and the Arms Race in the Western Pacific: Strategic Game Changer or Epic Boondoggle?

NOVANEWS By Prof. Wilson Wong Asia-Pacific Research Introduction In the face of a resurgent China, many perceive Japan as a spent force. Its military is stretched, relying heavily on increasingly obsolete American equipment in the face of assertive neighbours1. The Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) is one of the busiest air forces in the world, its fighters scrambling virtually daily to intercept multiple aircraft (mostly Russian and Chinese combat aircraft) penetrating Japan’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ)2; Japan’s ADIZ extends to the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea3. This trajectory is most apparent in the realm of strategic affairs where China is assiduously building up its military might with significant advances in high-tech weapon systems such as the Ch...

25Jun

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China, Japan, USA

The G20 Meeting in Japan: The Trade War Unleashed by the United States Against China

NOVANEWS By Francesco Maringiò Global Research At the G20 in Japan, the leaders of the world’s leading economies will meet on the next 28 June. On the table there is the discussion on the reform of international trade. In a context in which the US aims to “separate” the world and its economy, the risk of plunging back into a new cold war is more than current. China’s moves to contrast this threat and to send a strong message of responsibility towards global leadership at a time when the US has decided to loosen the reins. *** Everything is ready for the start of the session of the G20 that will be hosted on 28 and 29 June in the evocative setting of Osaka and there are many reasons why this summit could be particularly interesting. The first is given by the fact that Japan holds...

8May

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Abdication, Succession and Japan’s Imperial Future: An Emperor’s Dilemma

NOVANEWS By Prof. John Breen The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus Introduction On 30 April 2019, 86-year-old Emperor Akihito 明仁made history. He became the first modern emperor to abdicate. Indeed, his was the first abdication since that of Emperor Kōkaku 光格over two centuries before in 1817. By the same token, the succession of Akihito’s 59-year-old son, Crown Prince Naruhito 徳仁on 1 May was an historic event. For he was the first in modern times to succeed to the throne while his father was alive and well. The trigger for all these firsts was an extraordinary event that took place nearly three years before. On 8 August 2016, Emperor Akihito appeared on NHK, Japan’s public broadcaster, to address the nation. He gave an understated but riveting performance. Speaking of his advan...

16Jan

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Okinawa Activists Petition White House to Stop Military Base Construction

NOVANEWS By John Zangas DC Media Group Peace activists are calling for the U.S. government to call off plans for a massive military construction project on the Japanese island of Okinawa. On January 7, a fourth generation Okinawan-American and local peace groups staged a demonstration and delivered a petition with 190,000 signatures to the White House. The petition calls for a halt of construction of a U.S. airbase at Ourawan Bay until a referendum can be held on February 24. The airbase would build an airstrip by filling in Ourawan Bay with boulders and dirt. Two 5,000-foot runways are planned which will eventually house the ultra-advanced U.S. F-35 fighter jets and V-22 tiltrotor aircraft. The bay is a pristine tropical water paradise and home to many rare aquatic species, in...

16Aug

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Five Years Since the Suspension of Proactive Recommendation of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine in Japan

NOVANEWS By National Attorneys Association for the HPV Vaccines Lawsuits in Japan National Plaintiffs Association for the HPV Vaccines Lawsuits in Japan Representative Nanami Sakai National Attorneys Association for the HPV Vaccines Lawsuits in Japan Joint Representative Masumi Minaguchi Joint Representative Yoshiaki Yamanishi It has been five years since the Japanese Government halted proactive recommendation of the HPV vaccine on June 14, 2013, claiming that it could not provide the public with enough information. Compared to other routine vaccinations, an average of over seven times the number of serious adverse effects per one million HPV vaccinations have been reported, and the number of disability certifications by the Adverse Drug Reaction Relief System is almost ten times h...

13Aug

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Hiroshima Mayor, Survivors, and Activists Call for Nuclear Weapons Ban 73 Years After US Bombing

NOVANEWS "World leaders should gather in the A-bombed cities, encounter our tragedy, and, at a minimum, set a course toward freedom from nuclear weapons." by: Jessica Corbett Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui, right, offers a new list of people killed by the U.S. bombing, including those who died in the past year from the side effects of radiation, during the 73rd anniversary ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in Japan on August 6, 2018. (Photo: AFP) While European and Iranian leaders work to salvage the Iran nuclear deal after President Donald Trump withdrew the United States in May and reimposed his first round of sanctions on Monday, activists, survivors, and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui marked the 73rd anniversary of the U.S. dropping an atomic bomb on the Jap...

6Aug

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Hiroshima Child

NOVANEWS By Nazim Hikmet Global Research The Lies and Crimes of Hiroshima According to President Harry Truman, Hiroshima was a military base. “The world will note that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a military base. That was because we wished in this first attack to avoid, insofar as possible, the killing of civilians”. The lies of “collateral damage” underlying humanitarian warfare. From Truman to Obama and Trump I come and stand at every door But none can hear my silent tread I knock and yet remain unseen For I am dead for I am dead I’m only seven though I died In Hiroshima long ago I’m seven now as I was then When children die they do not grow My hair was scorched by swirling flame My eyes grew dim my eyes grew blind Death came and turned my bones to dust And...

6Aug

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Japan, Russia

In 1938 Russia and Japan Fought a Massive Undeclared Border War

NOVANEWS In 1938 Russia and Japan Fought a Massive Undeclared Border War in Which Zhukov First Made His Name At twenty to forty thousand casualties (dead and wounded combined) the Battle of Khalkin gol was bloodier than many declared wars. Michael Peck This is a story of a battle that was, and a war that wasn't. Between 1938 and 1939, the Soviet Union and the Japanese Empire fought a series of clashes along the border between Japanese-occupied Manchuria, Russian-controlled Mongolia and the Siberian frontier near Russia's vital Pacific port of Vladivostok. The prizes were the rich resources of Manchuria, and beyond that, which of the two would be the dominant power in Northeast Asia. But even more important was the ultimate outcome of the Manchurian battles, which culminated in Pea...

6Aug

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Europe, Japan, NATO, USA

Secret Meeting on the Privatization of Nuclear War Held on Hiroshima Day 2003

NOVANEWS Behind closed doors at Strategic Command Headquarters By Prof Michel Chossudovsky Global Research The Trump Administration’s Nuclear Posture Review 2018 has called for “the development of new, more usable nuclear weapons”. The 2018 NPR is in many regards Déjà Vu. What seems to have escaped the numerous media reports on the 2018 NPR is that the development of “more usable nuclear weapons” had already been put forth in George W. Bush’s 2001 Nuclear Posture Review, which was adopted by the US Senate in late 2002. In this regard, Senator Edward Kennedy had accused the Bush Administration for having developed “a generation of more useable nuclear weapons.” namely tactical nuclear weapons (B61-11 mini-nukes) with an explosive capacity between one third and 6 times times a Hi...