Iwakuni citizens file suit against U.S. military aircraft noise

This is the first lawsuit of its kind to be filed by residents of Iwakuni City hosting the U.S. base where FA-18s and other aircraft from the Marine Aircraft Group 12 of the USMC 1st division are deployed.

Kasai urges Japanese government to show restraint regarding North Korea’s satellite launch plan

Japanese Communist Party member of the House of Representatives Kasai Akira said it is important to urge North Korea to not do anything that would increase tensions. He also said that Japan should not worsen the situation by expressing a readiness to respond militarily to North Korea’s move.

50 years after ‘Date Akio ruling’ we should think about possibility of Japan-U.S. relations on truly equal footing

Is it possible to develop relations with the United States on an equal footing with the Japan-U.S. alliance intact even though it is causing Japan to adhere to a many-layered subordination to the United States?