Atomwaffen
The Asia-Pacific Journal | Japan Focus,  Volume 15 | Issue 14 | Number 1 | Jul 15, 2017
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Challenging Nuclearism: The Nuclear Ban Treaty Assessed

Richard Falk

Abstract
On 7 July 2017 122 countries at the UN voted to approve the text of a proposed international treaty entitled ‘Draft Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.’ This article assesses the significance of broad international support for the draft treaty, the opposition to it on the part of all nine nuclear powers, and its possible contribution to nuclear disarmament.


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Nationalism in the Abe Era
The Asia-Pacific Journal | Japan Focus Volume 15 | Issue 10 | Number 1 | Mai 2017
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The Global Rightist Turn, Nationalism and Japan

By Karoline Postel-Vinay , Sciences Po, Paris

Abstract:
This article looks at contemporary Japanese nationalism in the context of growing far-right movements within democratic societies around the world, notably in Europe and North America, and the general rejection of the “happy globalization” narrative that has shaped the international order since the end of the Cold War. Japan, which witnessed the birth of the “borderless world” metaphor in the 1990s, is now contributing in its own way to the early twentyfirst century worldwide longing for strong borders and an aggressive military posture. The rise of ultra-conservatism in democratic societies cannot be reduced to a “Western problem”; by taking into account the political transformation of a country such as Japan it is possible to consider a truly global phenomenon with far-reaching consequences.

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Umgang mit Geschichte

Bruce Cumings
A Murderous History of Korea
London Review of Books, 18 May 2017
https://www.lrb.co.uk/v39/n10/bruce-cumings/a-murderous-history-of-korea

Der 18. Mai erinnert seit 1980 an das Massaker der südkoreanischen Armee an der Bevölkerung von Kwangju.
Just zu diesem Tag wurde von der LRB ein Auszug aus dem neuesten Buch des großen Korea-Kenners, Bruce Cumings, veröffentlicht. LRB hat uns erlaubt, einen Link zu diesem Atikel zu setzen. Darum hier nur zwei kurze Auszüge aus diesem großartigen Buch.

"... North Korea celebrated the 85th anniversary of the foundation of the Korean People’s Army on 25 April, amid round-the-clock television coverage of parades in Pyongyang and enormous global tension. No journalist seemed interested in asking why it was the 85th anniversary when the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was only founded in 1948.

Nordkorea:   06.01.2016 ff H-Bom Tests
                  07.02.2016 ff Missiles

Am 11.04.2017 veröffentlicht der National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) eine Pressemitteilung, die wir hier dokumentieren (anschließend wichtige Artikel aus der internationalen Presse):

"Greetings from NCC-Korea! Today, we would like to share about the political climate in the Korean peninsula. We are worried about the military and the threat to peaceful existence of all living on the Korean peninsula. We are fearful that South Korea may be facing military occupation if tensions continue to rise and actions are being taken that are threatening and aggressive. So, we sent the following statement to South Korean media."