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Ten Thousand Things: June 2015
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015. 70th anniversary of the official (not actual) end of the US-Japan Battle of Okinawa. Map of the Battle of Okinawa," by Iri Maruki and Toshi Maruki. Survivors of the US-Jp ground war in Okinawa, are depicted in the panels. The painting is exhibited in the Sakima Art Museum in Ginowan City, Okinawa. Via Hiroshima Peace Media's Peace Museums of the World website. The story of Okinawa proves nothing is crueler, nothing is less honorable than war. Masahide Ota, Magazine 9. Not only tha...
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Ten Thousand Things: Karel Van Wolferen on regime change in Japan & Ukraine, the resurrection of the Cold War (without communism), the 'pivot,' Okinawa, the 'reinterpretation' of Article 9, & 'Full Spectrum Dominance'
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Sunday, July 26, 2015. Karel Van Wolferen on regime change in Japan and Ukraine, the resurrection of the Cold War (without communism), the 'pivot,' Okinawa, the 'reinterpretation' of Article 9, and 'Full Spectrum Dominance'. Karel van Wolferen's September 2014 analysis of the US-Japan relationship within the context of US neocon geopolitical aims," The Havoc and Fantasy of ‘Full Spectrum Dominance’.". The American-triggered regime change in Ukraine at the Western end of the Eurasian continent has been wi...
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Ten Thousand Things: The Sense of Sacred: Mauna Kea, Hawai'i and Oura Bay, Okinawa
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Saturday, May 30, 2015. The Sense of Sacred: Mauna Kea, Hawai'i and Oura Bay, Okinawa. The Okinawan movement to save Henoko and the Yambaru subtropical rainforest is one aspect of a global indigenous movement calling for respect of indigenous cultural heritage, especially natural sacred sites under ongoing threat of destruction. In "The Sense of Sacred: Mauna Kea and Oura Bay,". Published at The Asia-Pacific Journal. These words were recently spoken by William B.C. Chang, a University of Hawaii L...To th...
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Ten Thousand Things: December 2014
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Thursday, December 25, 2014. 10,000 sing Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" — Japan's Beloved Anthem of Peace. This is a video of the Osaka "Number Nine Chorus" of 10,000 singers who perform "Ode to Joy" every December. The soloists and orchestra are professionals; however the rest are singers from the community. Brother love binds man to man. Ever singing march we onward. Victors in the midst of strife. Joyful music lifts us onward. In the triumph song of life. Human rights attorney Scott Horton tells us. That Be...
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Ten Thousand Things: Greenpeace Japan: 「2015辺野古：それぞれの思い」People’s voices from Henoko, Okinawa, 2015 戦後70年沖縄県民大会前日 @沖縄・名護市辺野古
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Greenpeace Japan: 「2015辺野古：それぞれの思い」People’s voices from Henoko, Okinawa, 2015 戦後70年沖縄県民大会前日 @沖縄・名護市辺野古. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Everyone loves the Sunshine. Author, Artist, and Musician Alicia Bay Laurel. The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. We ❤ Okinawa! Marine Biologist Katherine Musik. Notes from the 'Nog. Sunday Papers: Mamoun Hassan. September Farmers Markets in Tokyo and Yokohama. Tokyo Urban Permaculture Website is up and running.
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Ten Thousand Things: Kenzaburo Oe: "Hiroshima must be engraved in our memories: It’s a catastrophe even more dramatic than natural disasters, because it’s man-made. To repeat it, by showing the same disregard for human life in nuclear power sta
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Monday, August 10, 2015. Kenzaburo Oe: "Hiroshima must be engraved in our memories: It’s a catastrophe even more dramatic than natural disasters, because it’s man-made. To repeat it, by showing the same disregard for human life in nuclear power stations, is the worst betrayal of the memory of the victims.". Japanese Nobel Laureate Kenzaburo Oe on the 70th Anniversary of US Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki," via Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: Yet he was elected as prime minister. We ❤ Okinawa! Agriv...
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Ten Thousand Things: The Guardian details how much US senators were paid to fast-track the TPP corporate investor rights bill • Naked Capitalism explains why President Obama defends slavery in Malaysia • How close is the USTR with Wall Street?
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Details how much US senators were paid to fast-track the TPP corporate investor rights bill •. Explains why President Obama defends slavery in Malaysia • How close is the USTR with Wall Street? Children at the Lenggeng detention center, south of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,. Face the possibility of being sold into slavery. Photo via Reuters: "The 5 Worst Countries For Human Trafficking". Yves Smith at Naked Capitalism. Provides a comprehensive overview of why the Obama administration ...
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Ten Thousand Things: Greenpeace: Okinawa, Henoko Bay, Save the Dugongs 2015
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Tuesday, June 9, 2015. Greenpeace: Okinawa, Henoko Bay, Save the Dugongs 2015. Time is running out for Henoko Bay and the last surviving Dugongs of Japan. Please help by adding your name:. Petition: www.greenpeace.org/henoko. HE Ms Caroline Kennedy U.S. Ambassador to Japan,. Henoko Bay is the home of the last remaining Dugongs in Japanese waters. It is estimated that there are as few as a dozen left in existence. You have stood up for environmental protection before. We know you can do it again. Ozu Yasu...
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Ten Thousand Things: "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" performed by Alicia Bay Laurel • Upcoming concerts in Tokyo on Aug. 4 & Hiroshima on Aug. 8
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Sunday, August 2, 2015. Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" performed by Alicia Bay Laurel • Upcoming concerts in Tokyo on Aug. 4 and Hiroshima on Aug. 8. Via our friend—artist, writer, and musician Alicia Bay Laurel—who has 2 more concerts upcoming (in Tokyo and Hiroshima) in this year's tour of Okinawa and Japan:. What it looks and sounds like when we all sing the great peace visionary song, "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream," together in English and Nihongo. Akiko Itagaki is translating for me.
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Ten Thousand Things: Will Japanese just be American mercenaries? Tim Shorrock & Christopher W. Hughes on the Abe revision of the postwar Yoshida Doctrine
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Monday, August 3, 2015. Will Japanese just be American mercenaries? Tim Shorrock and Christopher W. Hughes on the Abe revision of the postwar Yoshida Doctrine. Japanese Imperial Army soldiers in Tokyo, 1936. Robert Whiting's Tokyo Underworld: The Fast Times and Hard Life of an American Gangster in Japan. You will just be American mercenaries! What would the Japanese ultranationalist author think today, as the constitution he despised is under threat of "reinterpretation," precisely for that aim? So who i...
