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The abandoned remains of a forklift overgrown with trees, next to a destroyed beachfront house in Futaba, Fukushima. Credit: C.E.J. Simons.Credit: C.E.J. Simons.

10 Mar 2021 5 minute read

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Fukushima communities are building a sustainable future

Ten years on from the devastating nuclear disaster, citizens are working together to show that nuclear power and fossil...

30 Jan 2019 6 minute read

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Japan’s firewall against populism

Despite populism being rife everywhere else, Japan has refused to succumb. Are there lessons to be learned? asks ...

Robots Japan: Aiko Chihira, a humanoid robot that can blink and speak developed by Toshiba Corp, staffs the information desk of a high-end department store in Tokyo.

1 Nov 2017 7 minute read

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Japan: building the future, living in the past?

How Japanese society and robots match up, by Christopher Simons.

2 Jul 2017 2 minute read

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Japan's pacifism in peril, again

Hawkish Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is trying to tinker with Japan’s pacifist constitution – but peace activists are...

1 Apr 2016 4 minute read

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Forest bathing

Escaping the pressures of modern life in Japan. By Tina Burrett and Christopher Simons.

16 Jun 2015 4 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

The Japanese doll’s house

Tina Burrett takes a look at the country’s entrenched gender roles.

Philippine ‘comfort women’ still waiting for justice

21 Jun 2013 3 minute read

This article is almost ten years old.

Philippine ‘comfort women’ still waiting for justice

Osaka mayor’s words anger women raped by Japanese soldiers during the Second World War, as Iris Gonzales...

14 Mar 2013 3 minute read

This article is more than ten years old.

The West’s hypocrisy on whaling

An individual mammal’s moral worth has nothing to do with whether or not its species is endangered, writes Chris Grezo...

Goodbye to Nuclear Power Plants Rally attracted 170,000 people

16 Jul 2012 2 minute read

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Goodbye to Nuclear Power Plants Rally attracted 170,000 people

7/16さよなら原発集会に17万人

Almost 1 year since the Great East Japan Earthquake

26 Feb 2012 2 minute read

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Disaster in Japan: Special Report Thoughts taking shape

震災からの復興と再生に取り組む市民と市民団体の思いと活動

1 May 2011 2 minute read

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Nuclear debate intensifies post-Fukushima

An item from the Agenda section of our magazine.

Download NI Japan magazine and help Tohoku-Kanto Earthquake victims

28 Mar 2011 2 minute read

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Download NI Japan magazine and help Tohoku-Kanto Earthquake victims

東北地方太平洋沖地震被災地支援のための雑誌ダウンロードによる義援金寄付のお願い

1 Dec 2010 2 minute read

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Okinawans battle to close US bases

Okinawa currently hosts 75 per cent of US military facilities in Japan

1 May 2010 3 minute read

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War of the whales

Sea captain taken prisoner while attempting to stop Japanese whalers

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Fukushima communities are building a sustainable future

Japan’s firewall against populism

Japan: building the future, living in the past?

Japan's pacifism in peril, again

Forest bathing

The Japanese doll’s house

Philippine ‘comfort women’ still waiting for justice

The West’s hypocrisy on whaling

Goodbye to Nuclear Power Plants Rally attracted 170,000 people

Almost 1 year since the Great East Japan Earthquake

あの大地震からもうすぐ1年

Japan must say no to nuclear!

Disaster in Japan: Special Report Thoughts taking shape

Nuclear debate intensifies post-Fukushima

Download NI Japan magazine and help Tohoku-Kanto Earthquake victims

Okinawans battle to close US bases

War of the whales

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