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This month Japan’s parliament elected a female prime minister first time in modern nation-state history. TAKAICHI Sanae, president of Japan’s ruling party LDP was elected as a prime minister of Japan’s national assembly, or Diet or Parliament. However, it is not as good news as it sounds. There are three major reasons.   1. The party she belongs to is not a good party. It has been amid scandals of bribery and inappropriate relationship with the cult organization recently so in last two elections the party lost seats and fell into the minority ruling party but thanks to...

Here I post my letter to the young US Marine serviceman who destoryed the message banner at USMC Camp Schwab in Henoko, Nago city, Okinawa prefecture.  This is the message I and other activists created and placed since last fall.  It was placed facing the entry gate to the camp for the protest activity.  But last April the banner was destroyed and taken away. ...

Dear US President Biden, Congressmembers, Senators and other decision makers of the issue,   My name is MASAGATA, a Japanese man living in Tokyo. I used to study at San Francisco State...

Last Sunday I visited Atsugi Air Base in Kanagawa prefecture, an hour train ride from Tokyo. The place is jointly used by both US and Japanese forces. There was an event to exhibit the...

Update version of the following letter is posted on June 11, 2024 adding latest information.  Please move to this letter instead of the below.    Dear US President Biden,...