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Shock waves from assassination of Abe Shinzo resonate across world

July 14, 2022 Karl Simmons, CWI Japan

The shock waves from the assassination of Abe Shinzo are still resonating across the globe. Members of the political class, both from the most liberal to the most conservative, are singing eulogies to the career […]

Japan

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party loses seats but holds onto power

November 10, 2021 Carl Simmons, Kokusai Rentai (CWI Japan)

After being in power since 2012, the coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito (a conservative party linked to a lay Buddhist organisation) retained its majority in the Japanese Lower House election. The ruling […]

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Putting the Olympic gravy train ahead of public health

July 15, 2021 Carl Simmons, Kokusai Rentai (CWI in Japan)

On 8 July, just over two weeks before the games were due to open, Japanese premier Suga Yoshihide announced that the Olympics would be held without spectators. This was the result of a rebound in […]

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Japan: 10 years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster

March 10, 2021 Carl Simmons Kokusai Rentai (CWI in Japan)

On 11 March 2011, a magnitude 9 earthquake hit north eastern Japan. It was followed 50 minutes later by a 14-metre tsunami, devastating coastal areas. Nearly 20,000 people died in the most costly natural disaster […]

Japan

Japan’s change of prime minister fails to stem government’s problems

January 15, 2021 Carl Simmons (Kokusai Rentai, CWI Japan)

2020 was a tempestuous year for Japan, as well as the rest of the world. In August, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe became the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history. However, it had been clear for […]

Japan

75th anniversary of US atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

August 6, 2020 Berkay Kartav

Seventy-five years ago, as World War Two was drawing to a close, United States forces dropped two atomic bombs above the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This is still one of the most deadly […]

Coronavirus

Coronavirus exposes weaknesses of Japanese capitalism and government

March 21, 2020 Carl Simmons, (Kokusai Rentai - CWI Japan)

On Friday 13 March, the Japanese Upper House approved a bill granting Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, the power to declare a state of emergency to fight coronavirus. Unfortunately, the two major opposition parties, the […]

Japan

South Korea and Japan trade dispute threatens ‘alliance’

September 17, 2019 Carl Simmons, Kokusai Rentai (CWI) Japan

On 22nd August South Korea gave Japan notice that it would not be extending the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA). The 2016 agreement allowed for the direct sharing of military intelligence between Japan, […]

Asia

Japan: Future for Abe uncertain after electoral setback

August 23, 2019 Simon Cole, Kokusai Rentai (CWI in Japan)

The Upper House elections held on 21 July in Japan were a minor set-back for the Shinzō Abe government. Along with their coalition partners, the Buddhist Komeito, they lost their two thirds majority in the […]

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G20: Storm clouds over Osaka as world leaders meet

July 2, 2019 niall

The G20 meeting which took place in Osaka on 28th and 29th of June was another indication of the severity of the present crisis facing the capitalist class internationally. While issues of equality, women’s empowerment […]

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