· February, 2007

Stories about Japan from February, 2007

China and Japan: Kokaryo

Kokaryo is one of the debates between China and Japan, and it also involves Taiwan. Mutantfrog translates an article written from a Chinese perspective on the Kokaryo issue.

7 February 2007

Japan: birth-giving machines

Japan’s Health Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa recently called women “birth-giving machines” and got himself caught in trouble. More from Japan Probe

6 February 2007

Japan: “Re-assess” Whaling Ban

Recently, Japan announced to host a special IWC – International Whale Commission – conference in February in order to “re-assess” the population of whales. The move has been met with...

6 February 2007

Japan: bathhouse art

Ampotan blogs about Japan's bathhouse art, which constitutes a significant part in Japanese Art history.

6 February 2007

Japan: forced eviction of homeless

Kamapat blogs about the recent protest of Osaka's homeless against city government's forced eviction plan (jp). There is an online petition organized by rootless.org. Interlocals.net has collected more background on...

2 February 2007

Korea: Anarchism

Matts at Gust of popular feelings has a very interesting post about the history of Korean Anarchist movement.

1 February 2007

Japan: Okinawa

Ampontan blogs about the history and identity of Okinawan in relation to Japan.

1 February 2007