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Stop India-Japan Nuclear Agreement

Japan recently experienced the Fukushima nuclear disaster that proved once again that nuclear power plants are deadly.

(YORK, UK) - India and Japan have a chance to learn from history, very recent history, and abandon plans for further nuclear development under the India-Japan Nuclear Agreement

India has experienced a tremendous backlash from its use of nuclear power plants that are frequently the subject of intense political activism.

Civil Society Strongly Condemns Mayor Hashimoto`s Recent Remark on the `Comfort Women`

Salem-News.com Human Rights Ambassador joins 67 organizations worldwide demanding more for these abused women of WWII.

(HONG KONG) - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto is in the world spotlight over remarks issued May 13 about “comfort women” for the Japanese Army during World War II.

He says it was “necessary” in maintaining discipline in the army and providing relief for soldiers.

In Japan, a Person Commits Suicide Every 15 Minutes

"It is important to emphasize that suicide is a morbid, decadent and coward act" - German filmmaker Oliver Hirschbiegel.

(MADRID) - Many Americans die from firearms which they rise against themselves.

Almost 20,000 of the 30,000 deaths by firearms in the United States, were suicides, according to the figures provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reports the New York Times.

Debris Found on Oregon Beach Could Have Cultural Significance in Japan

Officials are waiting on word from the Consular Office of Japan.

(OCEANSIDE, OR) - Oregon state park staff removed an unusual piece of debris from the ocean shore near Oceanside in Tillamook County.

The 16' long object's shape resembles the top, horizontal part of a type of free-standing arch found in Japan called a torii - used to mark the entrance of a sacred site.

TPP: Good for Japan, Bad for America

TPP holds the promise of many good things for Japan; it will almost surely result in a further increase of the U.S. trade deficit and a net loss of U.S. jobs.

(WASHINGTON DC) - By announcing that Japan will join the U.S. led negotiations for a Trans Pacific Free Trade Agreement, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has taken a bold decision that is likely to produce great benefits for the land of the rising sun.

But they will probably come at the expense the United States, the land of rising deficits.

Fish Caught off Fukushima Show Record Levels of Radioactive Cesium

Record cesium level detected in fish caught near Fukushima nuclear plant.

(KYODO Japan Times) - Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday it detected a record 740,000 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium in a fish caught in waters near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

That is equivalent to 7,400 times the state-set limit deemed safe for human consumption.

The Japanese Way to Peace in Burma

Facilitating peace between the Burmese government and ethnic armed groups may not be an easy task...

(RANGOON The Irrawaddy) - Yohei Sasakawa, the chairman of the Tokyo-based philanthropic organization the Nippon Foundation, is a man with a mission.

As the Japanese government’s recently appointed “special envoy for national reconciliation in Myanmar,” he has taken on the daunting task of helping Burma to achieve peace after decades of ethnic conflict.

PHOTOS: Derelict Japanese Boat Found and Removed from Oregon Beach

Vessel with Japanese writing was located at Muriel Ponsler Memorial Wayside, north of Florence.

(FLORENCE, OR) - A 24' nonmotorized boat was removed from the ocean shore near Muriel Ponsler Wayside north of Florence at 7 p.m., Mar. 14, 2013. Leisure Excavating from Florence transported it to a local landfill.

No pollution or other hazardous materials were detected, but there was marine life clinging to the debris.

Reactor Reax Top Stories - Washington Post: In U.S., Nuclear Energy Loses Momentum...

The latest nuclear news from Physicians for Social Responsibility.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Today in Reactor Reax, nuclear energy is losing momentum in the U.S., amid economic head winds; in Fukushima Fallout, CBS News reports that the meltdown in Japan forced 170,000 people from their homes, many of them permanently.

TGTE to Japanese Prime Minister: Raise War Crimes with Visiting Sri Lankan President

146,679 Tamils went missing when Sri Lankan forces attacked Tamil people.

(TOKYO) - As Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse begins his State visit to Japan, the Prime Minister of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam, urged Japan's Prime Minister to raise war crimes and genocide committed by the visiting Sri Lankan President.

Rajapakse begins his State visit to Japan on March 12, 2013.