Government should negotiate return of Okinawan waters closed off for U.S. military drills

In Okinawa, fishermen have been driven out of the best fishing grounds by U.S. forces. In addition, they are now facing serious financial difficulty due to the rising fuel cost. It is natural that Okinawa’s fishermen demand that the training areas that force fishers out be returned.

Lecturers for Joint Staff Academy’s history program praise Japan’s war of aggression

Three of the six are members of the “Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform,” a group that represents the rightist view that Japan was by no means an aggressor country.

Toyota keeps 13 trillion yen in reserve, enough money to employ temps as full-time workers

Toyota, Nissan, and other major Japanese automakers have announced plans to cut full-time jobs, ostensibly to cope with expected declines in sales to the United States due to the ongoing financial turmoil.