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Uyoku dantai (右翼団体, lit. 'right-wing groups') refers to Japanese ultranationalist far-right activists, provocateurs, and internet trolls (as netto-uyoku) often organized in groups. In 1996 and 2013, the National Police Agency estimated that there were over 1,000 right-wing groups in Japan with about 100,000 members in total.
A crowd of Okinawans protesting the Futenma base in Ginowan, Okinawa. The main island of Okinawa accounts for 0.6% of Japan's land mass, [1] though about 75% of United States forces in Japan are stationed in the Okinawa prefecture, encompassing about 18% of the main island of Okinawa. [2]
Racism in Japan (人種主義, jinshushugi) comprises negative attitudes and views on race or ethnicity which are held by various people and groups in Japan, and have been reflected in discriminatory laws, practices and action (including violence) at various times in the history of Japan against racial or ethnic groups.
The 1995 rape incident stirred a surge of ethnic-nationalism. In 1996, Akira Arakawa wrote Hankokka no Kyoku (Okinawa: Antithesis to the Evil Japanese Nation State) in which argued for resistance to Japan and Okinawa's independence. [96] Between 1997 and 1998 there was a significant increase in debates about Okinawan independence.
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan issued an evacuation advisory for the coastal areas near the southern prefecture of Okinawa after a powerful earthquake triggered a tsunami warning. A tsunami of up to 3 ...
According to a report by Kyodo News, Japan's transport ministry said it will conduct on-site investigations at the automakers' offices while also considers taking administrative action.
It reported that the phrase “today's Hong Kong, tomorrow's Taiwan, day after tomorrow's Okinawa” was spreading in Japan. [ 31 ] On September 18, 2020, Akio Yaita [ ja ] , the head of the Sankei Shimbun's Taipei bureau, appeared on Taiwan's Era News and referenced this phrase while introducing the special edition of Seiron [ ja ] ’s ...
The Human Rights Scores Dataverse ranked Japan somewhere in the middle among G7 countries on its human rights performance, below Germany and Canada and above the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and the United States. [1] The Fragile States Index ranked Japan second last in the G7 after the United States on its "Human Rights and Rule of Law" sub ...