Grim Electoral Prospects / The Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Is Not Over!

This is a look into the impending election in Japan. Stories of the type you see below were more abundant a year ago. This is now. I saw this on the web, and thought I would share it with my U.S. friends. It deserves to be considered. The Fukushima radiation crisis is not over. Unless … More Grim Electoral Prospects / The Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Is Not Over!

Japan Cited 3 Times in U.S. Senate Resolution Condemning International Parental Child Abduction

The U.S. Senate passed Resolution 543 today, condemning International Parental Child Abduction, and identifying Japan three times – more than any other country – as a haven for parental abductors which fails to recognize international parental  abduction as a crime, and mocks parents and children’s pre-existing custody rights and default custody rights, in defiance of … More Japan Cited 3 Times in U.S. Senate Resolution Condemning International Parental Child Abduction

New Party Backs Hague Treaty and Progressive Family Measures in Upcoming Japanese Election

The Japanese Diet will be dissolved in December 2012, and a new Diet will soon be elected. The collapse of the DPJ government has been foreseen for some time; the Noda administration has expended what political capital it had on pushing for an unpopular, politically regressive increase in Japan’s consumption tax. Ho hum.  The center of … More New Party Backs Hague Treaty and Progressive Family Measures in Upcoming Japanese Election

Banging For Music

“Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.” -Jean Jacques Rousseau (The Social Contract) “Some people are beginning to catch on; they will no longer take banging for music.” – Denis Diderot (Rameau’s Nephew) There is now more than ever a need to renew our efforts to create  a movement here to reunite … More Banging For Music