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Beware a More Muscular Japan
Asserts that the US should be wary that Japanese aid and troops for Iraq have strings attached. From the Christian Science Monitor. (October 30, 2003) |
Bureaucrats, Politicians, and Policy Change in Japan
Examines a hypothetical model of policy-making by focusing on the relationship between the transition of political power between government agencies and the subsequent policy changes in the process of administrative reform in the 1990s. |
Children's Rights Council of Japan
Organization fighting international abduction and working to assure children in Japan of meaningful and continuing contact with both their parents and extended family regardless of the parents' marital status. |
Economist - What Ails Japan?
Author argues that after 12 years of failure in attempted economic reforms, fixing Japan's political system is nearly impossible. (April 18, 2002) |
Japan Focus
Offers Japanese and international perspectives on contemporary Japanese politics, international relations, economics, social movements, war and terror, and historical memory. |
Los Angeles Times - History in the Remaking
An editorial giving a review of Japanese postwar reconstruction, and asserts that George W. Bush's comparison of Iraq with postwar Japan ignores the facts. [Free registration required.] (December 8, 2003) |
The Economist - Insecure
Article documenting that now along with their jobs and pensions, Japanese now fear for their safety. (October 23, 2003) |
The Japan Information Access Project
Conducts scholarly research and analysis on critical Asia policy issues to strengthen international understanding of Japanese and northeast Asian science, technology, economic and security policy. |
Tokyo Progressive
Contains politically oriented news, articles, and links related to grass roots campaigning to improve society, culture, government, and the environment. |
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