Japan

Japan rearms under Washington’s pressure − wake-up call to the antiwar movement

The Dec. 16 announcement by Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of a new defense strategy, while doubling military spending by…

December 28, 2022

Naomi Osaka’s treatment raises question
Are pro athletes exploited workers?

In the Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels describe the degrading character of work under capitalism, whereby workers “are…

June 8, 2021

Why Hiroshima and Nagasaki were incinerated

Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Hiroshima on May 27, the first sitting U.S. president to do so. Obama’s visit…

May 20, 2016

Fuerzas de clase detrás del genocidio estadounidense en Hiroshima y Nagasaki

En el 70º aniversario de los asesinatos en masa de la población civil de Hiroshima y Nagasaki en Japón, el…

August 18, 2015

Class forces behind U.S. genocide in Hiroshima, Nagasaki

On the 70th anniversary of the mass murders of the civilian populations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, on Aug.…

August 13, 2015

The really big one: Natural disasters or capitalism?

In its July 20 issue, the New Yorker magazine published an article headlined “The Really Big One.” It dealt with…

August 10, 2015

Behind stock market swings: World capitalist slowdown looms

Oct. 19 — A global capitalist slowdown has sent world stock markets into decline, from Wall Street to London, Berlin…

October 22, 2014

U.S. & Japanese imperialism threaten China

The capitalist press is busy speculating on the motives of the People’s Republic of China in setting up an Air…

December 5, 2013

No to Pentagon pressure on China

All over the world, but especially in the East Asia and Pacific region, people are worried about a deliberate provocation…

November 30, 2013