Japan

Local Governments Tap Worker Cooperatives In Depopulated Areas

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.

Japan’s Remilitarization Is A Danger To The World

January 9, 2026 KJ Noh, Popular Resistance. Educate! China, Japan, Militarization, Taiwan, Wars and Militarism

Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi stunned the world when she declared publicly in the Japanese legislature, that a Taiwan contingency could constitute a "survival threatening situation" that would allow Japanese military intervention in “collective defense”. Words matter. Especially when they are words with legal force, uttered in an official capacity. These words are legal terms of art that authorize the aggressive use of the military according to Clause 4 of Japan’s Peace and Security Act of 2015. Applied to Taiwan, it allows expeditionary military force against China.

China Warns Of Severe Consequences If Japan Fails To Retract Threats

November 21, 2025 Abdul Rahman, People's Dispatch. Educate! China, Japan, On China Policy, Taiwan, Wars and Militarism

China reiterated its demand that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi retract her statement threatening military intervention in the event that China tries to forcefully integrate Taiwan into the mainland. It warned of strong counter measures otherwise. The “Japanese prime minister’s erroneous remarks on Taiwan have fundamentally eroded the political foundation of China-Japan relations and triggered strong outrage and condemnation from the Chinese people,” said official spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mao Ning, in response to a question on Wednesday, November 19.

Trump Wages Economic War On US Allies; BRICS Builds Alternative System

September 18, 2025 Ben Norton and Michael Hudson, Geopolitical Economy. Resistance Report BRICS, China, Colonialism, Donald Trump, Europe, European Union (EU), History, Japan, Korea, NATO, Neoliberalism, Russia, Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), South Korea, Tariffs, US Imperialism

The US government has always had a very aggressive foreign policy. The United States has intervened in dozens of countries all around the world. But what is unique about Donald Trump is that many of his aggressive policies not only target US adversaries like China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, and Cuba, but also longtime US allies. Trump has imposed high tariffs that have hurt the economies of key US allies such as Japan, South Korea, and Europe. In fact, the details of the agreement that Trump imposed on Japan are quite shocking. This was reported on by the Financial Times, which wrote that “Japan confronts the increased price of US friendship”. Although I would say it’s not so much “friendship”; rather it’s vassalage. Japan has been militarily occupied by the US for 80 years, and we’re now seeing the cost of this imperial relationship.

Trump Forces Europe, Korea, Japan To Subsidize And Move Industry To US

September 13, 2025 Michael Hudson, Geopolitical Economy. Educate! Australia, Donald Trump, Europe, European Union (EU), Hyundai, ICE, Japan, South Korea, Trade, US Imperialism

U.S. cold warriors have failed to prevent Russia, China, Iran, and other members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) from obtaining their economic independence. That means keeping the fruits of their economic growth for themselves, rather than letting it be drained off by U.S. banks, investors, consumers, and the U.S. Treasury through the monetary dollar standard. Washington’s cold warriors have been unable to stop SCO members from moving forward and becoming independent from U.S. influence. Recognizing that they are unable to prevent this, U.S. policy is focusing now on how to prevent Europe (especially Germany), Japan, and South Korea from becoming industrial rivals and hence threats — while also targeting China and BRICS.

What Is APEC?

August 25, 2025 Dae-Han Song, People's Dispatch. Strategize! APEC, ASEAN, Asia, China, Economics, Free Trade Zone, Hong Kong, Japan, Multipolar World, Multipolarity, Taiwan

If you look at the news, the media treats the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum more like a gala than a policy forum about regional economic policies. Despite high level meetings having occurred between the government and business interests (i.e., the APEC Business Advisory Committee), despite two senior official meetings having taken place, the media has done a negligible job of bringing the agenda and discussions in these meetings to public consciousness or debate. Instead, it has mostly focused on who will be there – K-pop megastar G-Dragon was named APEC Ambassador – or whether the accommodations and infrastructure are adequate.

Japanese Militarism Has Not Changed Its Spots Since The End Of WWII

August 23, 2025 Stephen Chang, Friends of Socialist China. Educate! Japan, War crimes, Wars and Militarism, World War II

As we commemorate Japan’s unconditional surrender 80 years ago, on 15 August 1945, which ended WWII in Asia Pacific, we must remain vigilant. Hirohito, the war time emperor of Japan, was a war criminal who escaped punishment on the insistence of the US. Hirohito was directly and personally involved in the conduct of Japan’s invasion of sovereign nations and the death and atrocities inflicted on millions of civilians during WWII in Asia Pacific. Hirohito’s surrender speech is full of lies, half-truths and distortion of facts about Japan’s declaration, conduct and even surrender of its barbaric war against the people of the Asia Pacific region. Hirohito, in his surrender speech, referred to Japan’s four years of war in Asia Pacific.

Government Officials Who Push Button Of Nuclear Weapons Will Die First, As They Should

August 9, 2025 Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. Educate! Accountability, Hiroshima, Japan, Nuclear Ban Treaty, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, War crimes

For the past five days I have been in Hiroshima, Japan speaking at a conference on the 80th Anniversary of the horrific and unnecessary U.S. atomic bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We have now travelled to Nagasaki to participate in an international conference there and the commemoration of the August 9 atomic bombing of that city. Archived documents reveal that the Japanese government was going to surrender. The decision of the Truman administration to go ahead and incinerate with atomic bombs 210,000 citizens of two Japanese cities as a warning to the Soviet Union was a war crime of the highest degree.

Anti-War Groups Protest Weapons Exhibition Near Tokyo

May 26, 2025 Arab News Japan. Resist! Anti-War, Elbit Systems, Israel, Japan, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, tokyo

Tokyo, Japan - DSEI Japan 2025 (Defense and Security Equipment International) is currently being held just outside Tokyo, featuring 450 exhibitors from military companies worldwide that manufacture weapons. However, not everyone in Japan is happy about hosting a weapons exhibition. On Wednesday, the first day of the weapons exhibition, approximately 350 demonstrators gathered around the Makuhari Messe venue to protest weapons manufacturing and trade. They argued that such activities violate principles of international justice, support Israeli genocide in Gaza, and contribute to the military expansion of the Japanese government.

Trump’s Far-Fetched Attempt To Divide Russia And China Is Clearly Failing

May 19, 2025 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. Resistance Report Anti-Racism, BRICS, China, Dedollarization, Donald Trump, Fascism, Germany, Henry Kissinger, History, Japan, Marco Rubio, Multipolarity, Racism, Richard Nixon, Russia, Trade, Vladimir Putin, World War II, Xi Jinping

US President Donald Trump claimed he would “un-unite” Russia and China. However, this divide-and-conquer strategy — which prominent US officials like Henry Kissinger have advocated since the 1970s — is clearly failing. In a meeting in Moscow celebrating the 80th anniversary of their nations’ shared victory in World War Two, Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin reaffirmed that “China-Russia relations have reached the highest level in history”. In a lengthy statement, Beijing and Moscow vowed to “jointly resist any attempts to interfere with and disrupt the traditional friendship and deep mutual trust between China and Russia”.

Trump’s Tariffs Are Uniting China, Europe, Japan, South Korea, And ASEAN

May 10, 2025 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. Resistance Report ASEAN, China, Donald Trump, European Union (EU), Japan, South Korea, Tariffs, Trade War

Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed that the US government has what he called a “grand encirclement” strategy aimed at isolating and weakening China. Trump hit China with tariffs of 145%, imposing what is essentially a trade embargo. The Trump administration wanted to pressure Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, and India to follow the US and “approach China as a group”, Bessent said, according to Bloomberg. This strategy is clearly failing. The finance ministers and central bank governors of China, Japan, South Korea, and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) met in Italy on May 4 and published a joint statement pledging “to further strengthen regional financial cooperation”.

Trump’s Tariffs Turbocharge De-Dollarization

May 6, 2025 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. Resistance Report BRICS, China, De-dollarization, Donald Trump, Japan, Tariffs

Donald Trump has made it clear that one of his top goals is to maintain the dominance of the US dollar as the global reserve currency. When he was running for president in 2024, Trump promised he would punish any country that sought alternatives to the US currency by hitting them with sky-high tariffs. “Many countries are leaving the dollar. They’re not going to leave the dollar with me!”, Trump vowed at a campaign rally. “I’ll say, ‘You leave the dollar, you’re not doing business with the United States, because we’re going to put 100% tariff on your goods'”. Since Trump has returned for his second term as US president, however, his tariffs and trade war have actually accelerated the decline of the dominance of the US dollar, not slowed it.

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