Japan

The Unconcluded War

October 8, 2026 Arnie Saiki, Decolonize Accounting. Educate! Japan, Nuclear Weapons, Treaties, Wars and Militarism

As I argued in a 2025 article, “Peace is a Haunting Specter of War,” the 1951 Japanese Peace Treaty should be understood as the foundation of a U.S.-Japan postwar alliance. It departed from the territorial framework the Allies established during the war and produced no regional settlement comparable to the one established for Germany at Potsdam. Read against the documents of that peace process, Kavanagh’s report describes the cost of maintaining an unconcluded war. Bertrand presents its conclusion as a strategic withdrawal, closer to a modern-day Dunkirk, in which an untenable forward position is abandoned while the military perimeter is preserved farther east.

Descendants Of Chinese Forced Laborers Sue Japanese Companies

September 19, 2026 Abdul Rahman, BreakThrough News. Resist! Chinese, Forced Labor, Japan, Legal System, Reparations

A group of 50 family members and descendants of wartime forced laborers in China filed a lawsuit against six companies on Wednesday, September 16, demanding compensation for their suffering during the Japanese occupation. In their lawsuit at a local court in Hebei, southwest of the capital, Beijing, the group is seeking around $55,000 in compensation for each member, along with an apology published in at least 10 Japanese and Chinese media outlets. The plaintiffs accuse six Japanese firms of being beneficiaries of the forced labor, causing long-term pain, suffering, and the deaths of their family members, Kyodo News reported.

Dollar System In Crisis: The Real Reason The US Bailed Out Japan

August 23, 2026 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. Resistance Report De-dollarization, dollar, Finance, Japan, Scott Bessent, Treasury, Wall Street, yen

The US government quietly bailed out Japan this August. The US Treasury intervened in the foreign exchange market to prop up Japan’s currency, the yen. It was the first time that Washington had done this since 1998, when much of East and Southeast Asia was facing a deep financial crisis. This incident is symptomatic of a new, slow-motion crisis that is unfolding today not only in Japan, but in the international financial system centered around the US dollar. It reflects the growing cracks in the dollar system, and the gradual decline of global dollar dominance.

China Claims Japanese Defense White Paper Exposes Intentions For Remilitarization

August 9, 2026 Abdul Rahman, BreakThrough News. Educate! Asia, China, Japan, Wars and Militarism

China officially objected to references of Taiwan and invocations of alleged “China threats” in this year’s Japanese defense white paper. China also claims the document is proof of the growing re-militarization of Japan, which threatens peace and stability in the region. “The Defense of Japan 2026 White Paper once again targeted China with groundless accusations, rehashing the so-called ‘China threat’ and grossly interfering in China’s internal affairs with brazen comments on China’s Taiwan region,” Lin Jian, official spokesperson of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a regular press conference on Wednesday, August 5.

Washington Sold Euros To Lift Yen Without Informing European Central Bank

August 7, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! Currency Manipulation, Debt, European Union (EU), Japan, Trump Administration, yen

The European Central Bank (ECB) was “blindsided” by Washington's decision to sell euros to prop up the Japanese yen last week, learning of the trade only after it was executed, the Financial Times (FT) reported on 7 August. The New York Federal Reserve carried out the sale for the US Treasury on Friday, part of the first joint US–Japan operation to lift the yen in nearly three decades. ECB President Christine Lagarde raised the matter with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent a day later. Senior ECB officials say using euros instead of dollars breaks with a post-war norm under which western central banks and finance ministries consult each other before intervening in currency markets.

Thousands Rally In Japan To Block Right-Wing Attack On Democracy

August 2, 2026 C. J. Atkins, People's World. Resist! Democracy, Japan, Legislature, Right wing politics

Braving scorching summer heat, 25,000 people rallied outside Japan’s National Diet building on July 20-21, part of a wave of protests at more than 270 locations across the country. The target of their anger: Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s push to gut proportional representation in the lower house of parliament, a move critics say is designed to silence women and opposition parties alike. The rally, live-streamed to tens of thousands of other viewers, was the latest and largest mobilization against a bill backed by Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the right-wing Japan Innovation Party (Ishin).

Japan’s Volunteer Labour Bank

June 23, 2026 Mari Nishitani, Grassroots Economic Organizing. Create! Community, History, Japan, Mutual Aid, Volunteers, Worker Rights and Jobs

Teruko Mizushima is a founder of the Volunteer Labour Bank in Japan. If you are a time-bank enthusiast, you’ve probably heard her referred to as the creator of the world’s first-ever time bank. Have you ever wondered: how the “first-ever time bank” functioned? How big a thing was the time bank in Japan? Does Japan have a time bank as part of society now? This short article delves deeper into the story of the “world's first time bank.” Don’t worry! Her story will not disappoint you, and you will be even more fascinated with time banks by the time you finish reading.

Hegseth Orders Pacific Allies To Arm For China War

June 4, 2026 Gary Wilson, Struggle - La Lucha. Educate! China, Japan, Pete Hegseth, Wars and Militarism

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth went to Singapore on May 30 with an order for Washington’s allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific: spend more on war or face consequences. Hegseth used China as the pretext to demand that U.S.-aligned governments spend more on war, buy more weapons and bind their militaries more tightly to Washington. At the annual Shangri-La Dialogue, Hegseth told defense ministers, military chiefs and diplomats that U.S. military power had carried the region for too long. “The era of the United States subsidizing the defense of wealthy nations is over,” he said. “We need partners, not protectorates.”

Korean Atomic Bomb Victims Organize Peoples Tribunal For Justice

May 4, 2026 Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. Featured Campaign, Podcast - Clearing The FOG Atomic Bombs, health, Japan, Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Reparations, United Nations

In 1945, tens of thousands of occupied Koreans were forced to live in Japan, primarily as impoverished workers. When the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 70,000 Koreans were impacted. Though they and their succeeding generations have been severely harmed by the exposure to radiation, they still have not received recognition, an apology or compensation for their suffering. A delegation of atomic bomb victims just completed a tour of the United States and testified before the United Nations. Clearing the FOG speaks with Shim Jin-tae, Han Jeongsun and a representative of Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea (SPARK) about their experiences and their struggle for a nuclear-free world. Translation provided by Hyunsook Elizabeth "Echo" Cho.

Korean A-Bomb Victims Head To UN To Tell Their Stories

April 21, 2026 Choi Sang-won, Hankyoreh. Resist! Atomic Bombs, Japan, Korea, People's Tribunal, Wars and Militarism

“I see this as my last chance to speak,” said Sim Jin-tae, 83. “So I’m going to give it everything I have to get the message out to the international community about how Koreans were affected by the atomic bombs.” Sim, who serves as president of the Hapcheon chapter of the Korea Atomic Bombs Victims Association, is scheduled to fly to the US on Monday to testify about the Korean toll of the US’ atomic bombings at the once-in-five-year review conference for parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

Local Governments Tap Worker Cooperatives In Depopulated Areas

February 1, 2026 The Japan Times. Create! Cooperatives, Japan, rural communities, Worker Cooperatives

In depopulated areas across Japan, the withdrawal of supermarkets and other businesses has left essential services, vital to residents' daily lives, at risk. To address this problem, some local governments are turning to resident-led nonprofit organizations known as "workers' cooperatives" as new providers of local services. In these cooperatives, residents themselves plan, develop and operate the services their communities need, supported by local government subsidies for startup and operating costs. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is also working to create a framework to make it easier for such organizations to receive financial assistance and other forms of support.

Under US Control, Japan Is Remilitarizing For The Coming War On China

January 19, 2026 Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. Featured Campaign, Podcast - Clearing The FOG China, Japan, Okinawa, US military, Wars and Militarism

The occupied islands of Okinawa, formerly the Ryukyu Kingdom, have been heavily militarized since the end of World War II. 70% of the US military bases in Japan are in Okinawa, which represents less that 1% of Japan's landmass. In preparation for a hot war on China, the US and it's client state, Japan, are building more bases, particularly on islands close to Taiwan. Clearing the FOG speaks with Japanese-American activist Rachel Clark about her recent tour of Okinawa where she visited the islands. Clark speaks about the history of the militarization of Japan, including forced changes to its pacifist Constitution, and the similarities between media propaganda in Japan and the US.

History Of Remilitarization Of Japan

January 16, 2026 Rachel Clark, Popular Resistance. Educate! China, Japan, Militarization, National Security Strategy

I just came back from the annual VFP Peace Speaking Tour in Okinawa and mainland Japan. During the 3-week tour, we witnessed the unimaginable scale of their remilitarization. Before I start talking about Japan, here is my basic understanding of the geopolitical strategy of the United States. You may or may not agree with what I am going to say. But please bear with me: For the United States, which aspires to be the world's sole hegemonic power, there are three major obstacles that refuse to acquiésce: Russia, Iran, and China.

The Fukushima Coverup, Fifteen Years On

January 14, 2026 Arnie Gundersen, Counter Punch. Educate! Fukishima, Japan, Nuclear Power, Nuclear radiation

I awoke on the Friday morning of March 11, 2011, to a peaceful, sunny, relatively warm early spring day in Vermont. While I was sleeping, an earthquake and a tsunami had decimated the Pacific coast of Japan. More than a dozen Japanese nuclear plants took their cooling water from the Pacific Ocean. It was obvious to me by 8 AM that three of the six nukes at Fukushima were already melting down, and the remaining reactors in Eastern Japan were also in jeopardy. I knew a catastrophe was unfolding at Tokyo Electric’s (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi Reactors.

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