A gathering storm: why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor in 1941?

Japan’s relentless empire-building in the 1930s put the US on red alert – but could Roosevelt convince a reluctant public to stand against the Rising Sun? Francis Pike considers the tensions between the two nations on the road to Pearl Harbor…

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Opinion | 'Our Land, Our Life': How Okinawans Are Resisting a New US Military Base

"We Okinawan people have to believe in ourselves and our Indigenous rights," insists one Okinawan land and water protector. "We can't rely on the political policies of the Japanese government."

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Rahm Emanuel Helped Cover Up Murder 7 Years Ago. Now He Wants to Be Ambassador.

Emanuel may be able to disassociate from the communities he helped gut, but Chicagoans still suffer from his politics.

Chicago Groups Unite With Message to US Senate: 'Reject Rahm'

"Emanuel was more concerned with his own reelection than he was with justice for a child murdered on his watch," asserts congressional candidate Kina Collins. "This is a complete slap in the face to Black America." #RejectRahm

Despite Outcry, Japanese Prime Minister Urges Swift Release of Fukushima Wastewater Into Sea

"Japan's decision was made without enough consultation with the neighboring nations," said a South Korean diplomat of the country's plan to move ahead with releasing wastewater from Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

Opinion | Choosing Pugnacious Bully Rahm Emanuel for Ambassador to Japan Is Ridiculous

"The very idea of him being named ambassador to Japan—or ambassador to quite literally anywhere—laughably absurd."

Ocasio-Cortez: Nominaton of Rahm Emanuel for Ambassador to Japan 'Deeply Shameful'

"This nomination is deeply shameful. As mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel helped cover up the murder of Laquan McDonald - a mere teenager when he was shot 16 times in the back by a Chicago Police Officer. This alone should be flatly disqualifying for...

Meet the CC Summit Presenters: Flor de Fuego and Naoto Hieda - Creative Commons

The 2021 CC Global Summit (September 20-24) is fast approaching, only 3 more weeks to go. Up next in our ‘Meet the CC Summit Presenter’ series, we have a fantastic duo — Flor de Fuego and Naoto Hieda. Florencia Alonso’s art practice as Flor de...

Opinion | Fukushima: A Lasting Tragedy

Tens years on, the United States, the largest owner of nuclear power plants, still promotes nuclear power as "safe and clean energy."

Cultivated Delusions at the Tokyo Olympics

Australia’s Channel 7 team was all about ignoring history as its selected commentators went into describing, poorly, the closing ceremony of the Tokyo

Opinion | Nuclear Weapons Still a Clear and Present Danger 76 Years After Hiroshima

These weapons do not make us safer and benefit no one except the multibillion dollar arms production corporations who build these immoral instruments of death.

Blinded by the Light: Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the Age of Normalized Violence

What remains particularly ghastly about the rationale for dropping two atomic bombs was the attempt on the part of its defenders to construct a redemptive narrative through a perversion of humanistic commitment, of mass slaughter justified in the...

Tokyo’s Games Are Harming the Nuclear Weapons Ban Movement

By paying lip service to the Fukushima disaster and the nuclear bombs dropped on Japan, these games are downplaying the growing danger of nuclear catastrophe.