Japan

Terrorism: A Means to a Dead End

February 1, 2007
By MS

Terrorism is now associated with Islamic extremists, but in the early 1970s there were terrorist groups on the “far-left.” This article looks at the half-baked “socialist” notions from the New Left that these terrorists took and then burned to a crisp. Far-left terrorist groups, such as the Weathermen in the United States and the Red...
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Posted in Japan, The Left |

Japan: A Woman for Emperor?

June 1, 2006
By MS

Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi is an unlikely advocate of women’s rights. But earlier this year the well-coiffed leader was keen to promote gender equality. Not for all women, mind you, or even a few, but rather a four-year-old girl known as Her Imperial Highness Princess Aiko. He supported an effort to revise the Imperial...
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Posted in Japan, Politics |

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