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Remembrance. Collaboration. Connection. Change.

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Nous vous invitons à l’évènement « Montréal se souvient de Fukushima » ! Comment la catastrophe de Fukushima a-t-elle bouleversé la vie des habitants de la ville ? Quelles conséquences aura-t-elle sur leurs vies dans l’avenir ?  Durant la soirée, des documentaires contre l’utilisation de l’énergie nucléaire et des entretiens avec des experts en ce […]

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Dear Colleagues, As many of you know, Professor Masaki Shimoji, a professor of economics at Hannan University, was arrested by Osaka prefectural police on December 9, 2012, held for twenty days, and released without charge.  One can be arrested and held without charge for up to 23 days in Japan.  The Hannan University administration was […]

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Composer Wataru Iwata poses many difficult questions regarding the long-term health risks faced by the victims following the Fukushima nuclear accidents in an article by the French news website, Rue89, found here. He presents a compelling call to action, what he calls an “auto-evacuation,” whereby “people should decide by themselves to evacuate the affected zone”. Below is […]

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Junichiro Furuchi, Doctor of Political Science is giving a lecture on the subject of “Canada and Nuclear”. (In Japanese) November 24th (Thu)  6:30pm~8:30pm Strathcona Music Building 555 Sherbrooke St. W. Montreal, Quebec Due to the McGill Universit strike, the lecture room hasn’t been decided yet.  Please meet some Japanese at the entrance where the statue of Queen Victoria […]

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We’re gonna hold a demonstration! Please forward the following message to as many people as possible. URGENT! Anti-nuclear+Anti-acceptance-of-radioactive-rubble-and-wreckage demonstration!!!!!!!! held in n Osaka. Once Again, Again and Even Again, Osaka will witness an Anti-nuclear Declaration!!! A Sound Demonstration!!!!!!!! “WTF???? WE’RE ALREADY PISSED OFF AT NUCLEAR POWER AND NOW, THE PROLIFERATION OF RADIOACTIVE RUBBLE?? NO WAY!!!!! […]

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Brian Bergstrom’s interests and accomplishments are varied and many, and so it is with great pleasure that we at east306, spoke with him on topics that move him and are most relevant to Japan and the world. He is a doctoral candidate with the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. […]

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Hitomi Kamanaka Tour Tour Coordinator and Lead Sponsor: Chiho Kaneko     Presentation: Nuclear Disaster to Sustainable Future by Hitomi Kamanka Post-disaster Fukushima Display by Keiko Kokubun Display and Update on Nihonmatsu by Chiho Kaneko     Screening: “Ashes to Honey: Toward a Sustainable Future” 2 hrs, 15 mins     Show Times/Locations   Montpelier, […]

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The documentary titled “friends after 3.11” was recently boradcasted in Japan. The director Shunji Iwai is from Sendai (Tohoku region). He interviewed people who are involved in anti-nuclear movements. The movies may be deleted due to copyright issue in the near future. For advertisement: http://iwaiff.com/201109/en/index.html Hiroyuki Koide: http://iwaiff.com/201110/jp/friends/friends_after_311_movie_koide.html   Kokoro Fujinami, Masashi Goto, Hitomi Kamanaka, Yu […]

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Too many irons on the fire.  No translation of above video yet, but here it is in all its glory for those who know both Japanese and English. We are woefully behind on getting LOTS of stuff uploaded, but wanted to make sure folks knew that END:CIV JP is underway! Check out twitter.

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Nataliya Gudziy is a singer from Ukraine. She had to evacuate from her hometown after Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident. Her message is very touching. In the video, she speaks Japanese,  but here is the translation of her message (I copied and pasted it from the link above) : Over 60 years ago on this […]