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3673	Gavan McCormack, Sakurai Kunitoshi, Urashima Etsuko	Okinawa, New Year 2012: Tokyo’s Year End Surprise Attack　　未明の「奇襲」、評価書「置き去り」　 Read More
3669	Nishioka Nobuyuki	Toward a Peaceful Society Without Nuclear Energy: Understanding the Power Structures Behind the 3.11 Fukushima Nuclear Disaster　原子力発電抜きの平和な社会へ向けて−−3.11福島原子力発電所事故の背後にある権力構造を理解する　 Read More
3662	Fred A. Wilcox	Dead Forests, Dying People: Agent Orange & Chemical Warfare in Vietnam　　死んだ森林、死にゆく人々−−オレンジ剤とヴェトナム化学戦 Read More
3659	Jon Mitchell	Agent Orange on Okinawa: Buried Evidence?　　沖縄のオレンジ剤−−証拠埋却？• Japanese translation is available Read More
3652	Jon Mitchell	Agent Orange on Okinawa - New Evidence　　オキナワにおけるオレンジ剤散布−−新たなる証拠 •Japanese translation available Read More
3651	Satoko NORIMATSU	Fukushima and Okinawa – the “Abandoned People,” and Civic Empowerment　　福島と沖縄−−「棄民」、および市民の力 Read More
3641	Annmaria Shimabuku	Who Should Bear the Burden of US Bases? Governor Nakaima’s Plea for a “Relocation Site Outside of Okinawa Prefecture, but within Japan” アメリカで県外移設を訴える仲井真知事 Read More
3622	Yoshio SHIMOJI	Futenma: Tip of the Iceberg in Okinawa’s Agony　　普天間−−沖縄の苦悶の氷山の一角 Read More
3618	Miyagi Yasuhiro	“Unacceptable and Unendurable:” Local Okinawa Mayor Says NO to US Marine Base Plan　　稲嶺進名護市長　沖縄への過重負担は「許容の範囲、受忍の範囲を通り越している」 Read More
3613	David McNeill	Implausible Denial: Japanese Court Rules on Secret US-Japan Pact Over the Return of Okinawa　　信じがたい否認−−沖縄復帰に関する日米秘密協定への東京高等裁判所裁決 Read More
3601	Jon Mitchell	US Military Defoliants on Okinawa: Agent Orange　　沖縄における米軍枯葉剤−−オレンジ剤 •Japanese translation is available Read More
3532	Gavan McCormack	Deception and Diplomacy: The US, Japan, and Okinawa　　欺瞞と外交−−アメリカ、日本、沖縄 •Japanese text available Read More
3495	Satoko NORIMATSU	Hatoyama's Confession: The Myth of Deterrence and the Failure to Move a Marine Base Outside Okinawa　　鳩山の告白−−抑止力という神話と海兵隊基地県外移転の失敗 Read More
3494	Yonamine Michiyo	Economic Crisis Shakes US Forces Overseas: The Price of Base Expansion in Okinawa and Guam　　経済危機が揺るがす在外米軍体制―経済問題化する軍事費 Read More
3468	Gavan McCormack, Mark Selden, Satoko NORIMATSU	New Year 2011, Okinawa and the Future of East Asia　　2011年年明け、沖繩、東アジアの将来 Read More
3464	Gavan McCormack	Small Islands – Big Problem: Senkaku/Diaoyu and the Weight of History and Geography in China-Japan Relations　　小さな諸島−大きな問題−−尖閣／釣魚と日中関係における歴史と地理の重さ •Japanese, Korean and Chinese texts available Read More
3418	Tanaka Sakai	Rekindling China-Japan Conflict: The Senkaku/Diaoyutai Islands Clash　　日中対立の再燃　　田中宇 •Chinese, Italian translation and Japanese original available Read More
3409	Gregory Smits	Examining the Myth of Ryukyuan Pacifism Read More
3407	Gavan McCormack	The US-Japan 'Alliance', Okinawa, and Three Looming Elections　　日米「同盟」、沖繩、目前に迫る三つの選挙 Read More
3398	Jitsuro Terashima	The US-Japan Alliance Must Evolve: The Futenma Flip-Flop, the Hatoyama Failure, and the Future Read More
3394	James E. Roberson	Songs of War and Peace: Music and Memory in Okinawa　　戦争と平和の歌−−沖縄の音楽と記憶 Read More
3386	Vivian Blaxell	Preparing Okinawa for Reversion to Japan: The Okinawa International Ocean Exposition of 1975, the US Military and the Construction State　　沖繩の本土復帰をめぐって——1975年沖繩国際海洋博覧会、米軍、土建国家 Read More
3381	Satoko NORIMATSU, Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting	Assault on the Sea: A 50-Year U.S. Plan to Build a Military Port on Oura Bay, Okinawa　　狙われた海——沖繩大浦湾軍港設立５０年計画 Read More
3378	Yoshida Kensei	Okinawa and Guam: In the Shadow of U.S. and Japanese “Global Defense Posture”　　沖繩とグアム——日米「世界的防衛体制」の陰で Read More
3370	Jon Mitchell	Beggars' Belief: The Farmers' Resistance Movement on Iejima Island, Okinawa　　乞食行進の信念——伊江島の農民抵抗運動 Read More
3369	C. Douglas Lummis, Ahagon Shoko	I Lost My Only Son in the War: Prelude to the Okinawan Anti-Base Movement　　戦争でわたしの一人むすこも戦死しました——沖縄基地反対運動への序曲 Read More
3367	Gavan McCormack	Ampo's Troubled 50th: Hatoyama's Abortive Rebellion, Okinawa's Mounting Resistance and the US-Japan Relationship - Part 3　　苦渋の安保改正５０年—鳩山反撃の失敗、沖繩で高まる反抗運動、日米関係　第３部 Read More
3366	Gavan McCormack	Ampo's Troubled 50th: Hatoyama's Abortive Rebellion, Okinawa's Mounting Resistance and the US-Japan Relationship - Part 2　　苦渋の安保改正５０年—鳩山反撃の失敗、沖繩で高まる反抗運動、日米関係　第２部　 Read More
3365	Gavan McCormack	Ampo's Troubled 50th: Hatoyama's Abortive Rebellion, Okinawa's Mounting Resistance and the US-Japan Relationship - Part 1　　苦渋の安保改正５０年—鳩山反撃の失敗、沖繩で高まる反抗運動、日米関係　第１部 Read More
3354	Yoshio SHIMOJI	The Futenma Base and the U.S.-Japan Controversy: an Okinawan perspective　　普天間基地と日米論争——沖繩の一視点 Read More

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130	Matthew Penney	Nuclear Power and Shifts in Japanese Public Opinion　　原子力発電と日本における世論の推移 Read More
129	Asia-Pacific Journal Feature	Fukushima Crisis Concealed: Japanese government kept worst-case scenario under wraps　　福島危機の隠蔽−−日本政府は最悪事態の想定図を公表しなかった Read More
128	Mark Selden	Stephen S. Roach: China's Connectivity Revolution　　中国のネット革命 Read More
127	Gavan McCormack	Doug Bandow: Give Okinawa Back To The Okinawans　　沖縄を沖縄人に返還せよ Read More
126	Nak-chung Paik	The Post Kim Jong-il Era and the 2013 Regime in South Korea　　金正日後の時代と韓国における2013年体制 Read More
125	Asia-Pacific Journal Feature	Japan's Supreme Court Limits National Anthem Punishments for Teachers　　日本最高裁、 Read More
124	Asia-Pacific Journal Feature	Gregg Levine Critiques Frontline Fukushima Documentary　　グレグ・レヴィーン、最前線の福島関係記録資料を批判 Read More
123	Matthew Penney	Business as Usual - Controversy Flares Over Japanese Nuclear Exports　　平常通り営業−−日本の核輸出をめぐって論争高まる Read More
122	Paul Jobin	Nuclear Irresponsibility: Koide Hiroaki Interviewed by Le Monde　　核の責任不在−−小出裕章「ル・モンド」インタヴュー Read More
121	Asia-Pacific Journal Feature	Japan Nuclear Safety Agency: Radioactive Water Leaks to the Ocean 'Zero' 　　保安院　海への汚染水、ゼロ扱い　「緊急」で法適用外 Read More
120	Hirose Takashi	Farewell to Nuclear Power – A Lecture on Fukushima　　原発を即時廃炉に Read More
119	Andrew DeWit	Japan’s Nuclear Village Wages War on Renewable Energy and the Feed-in Tariff　　日本の原発村、再生可能エネルギーと固定価格買取り制度に対し戦闘へ Read More
118	William Underwood	Overseas Hibakusha Lawsuit: Lee Keun-mok's Legacy　　在外被爆者訴訟：三菱徴用工判決から４年　元原告の李さん死去、その足跡 Read More
117	David H. Slater	Fukushima women against nuclear power: finding a voice from Tohoku　　福島の女性対原子力発電−−東北からの声 Read More
116	David McNeill	Blood Money - Fukushima Victims Bitter Over Compensation　　涙金−−補償額を不服とする福島の犠牲者たち Read More
115	Hase Michiko	“We want genpatsu in Tokyo!” – The new sarcastic edge of Japan’s anti-nuclear demos　　「東京に原発を！」−−日本の反原発デモに見える新たな風刺性 Read More
114	Asia-Pacific Journal Feature	What are the Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Meltdown? Japanese Press Assessments　　福島原発炉心溶融のもたらす結果は？−−日本の諸新聞記事による評価 Read More
113	Koide Hiroaki	Japanese Radiation Expert Koide on Fukushima Dangers　原子核物理学専門家小出裕章、福島の危険を語る　 Read More
112	Matthew Penney	Contamination Outside Fukushima　　福島の範囲を超える汚染 Read More
110	Greg Mitchell	From Hiroshima to Fukushima: Japan Set to Declare Wide Area Uninhabitable Due to Radiation　　ヒロシマからフクシマ−−日本政府、放射線による居住不可能の広域設定発表へ Read More
109	Pio d'Emilia	Dispatches from the No-Go Zone　　立ち入り禁止地帯からの特報 Read More
108	John Eperjesi	Jeju: From peace island to war island　　済州島−−平和の島から戦争の島へ Read More
107	David McNeill	A young man sacrificing his future to shut down Fukushima　　福島第一廃炉化のために自分の将来を犠牲にする若い男 Read More
106	Asia-Pacific Journal Feature	Tokyo Shimbun's Devastating Critique of Fukushima Compensation Bill　　東京新聞社説「東電賠償案株主責任はどうする」 Read More
105	Asia-Pacific Journal Feature	US Nuclear Technology as a Cure for Japanese Ignorance?　日本人への療法としての米国核技術 Read More
103	Asia-Pacific Journal Feature	A Solar Future? Prospects, Problems, and Japan’s Solar Energy Plans　　太陽熱による将来？期待、問題、および日本の太陽エネルギー計画 Read More
102	Matthew Penney	The Voices of Ten Million: Anti-Nuclear Petition Movement Launched in Japan　　千万人の声−−反原子力陳情運動、日本で始まる Read More
101	Andrew DeWit	Japan's Richest Man Challenges Nuclear Future　　日本第一の億万長者、核の将来を問題視 Read More
100	Matthew Penney	Nuclear Workers and Fukushima Residents at Risk: Cancer Expert on the Fukushima Situation　　原発作業員と福島住民のさらされる危険−−ガン専門家の福島観 Read More
99	Cara O'Connell	Feeling the Heat in Fukushima　　福島第一原発、高温での作業 Read More