I had been less interested in films about the atomic bomb. Recently, I am interested in them again probably because the nuclear disaster in Fukushima overlaps with the bomb. “Barefoot Gen’s Hiroshima”, directed by ISHIDA Yuko, is a documentary film with a motif of a cartoon “Barefoot Gen” drawn by NAKAZAWA Keiji, which

In the afternoon of April 2, 2011, Shimahashi Michiko, mother of Shimahashi Nobuyuki who died of leukemia at the age of 29 as a result of radiation-exposed work, talked about the work in live stream broadcasting from the Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center (CNIC). She referred to the terror of exposure by which it takes several years before radiation-related diseases appear, leukemia and his employer’s cove

On April 26, 2010, Kokuro (National Railworkers’ Union) held its ad hoc conference at Shakai Bunka Kaikan (Social and Cultural Hall) in Tokyo and unanimously ratified the Japanese Government’s proposal for solution of the dismissal of 1,047 former railway workers, with the total settlement of approximately 20 billion yen. 10

On the December 18 afternoon, the Second Petty Bench of the Supreme Court (chaired by Chief Justice Yukio Takeuchi) gave an unjust ruling rejecting all items in Mr. Tsutomu Yoshioka's petition except for the one for compensation for harassment toward Mr. Yoshioka (Mobile cell phone flash by Ko Kurogane). Unjustly dismissed after accusing Matsushita Plasma Display for its disguised contracting practices, Mr. Tsut

On Dec. 14, friends of detainees demonstrated at Tokyo Immigration Bureau at Shinagawa in support of migrant workers and refugees who are detained temporarily and in protest against human rights violation. As we shouted slogans through a megaphone at the immigration bureau, migrant workers who came to the bureau for paper works

Osaka Labor Festa ended in the biggest success of all times with 220 people enjoying the event on Dec. 13 (See photo). With the movie, “Weebak,” received positive previews and the two women visiting from South Korea, the event drew interests from all walks of life. Three-minute videos from Tokyo were also received well, espe

In the afternoon of Dec. 13, teachers, parents and citizens assembled to think about the present state and the future of education. Participants discussed Governor Ishihara’s sloppy politics with Yuko Baba (Tokyo assemblywoman, Democratic Party of Japan), Tomoko Oyama (Tokyo assemblywoman, Communist Party), Mitsuko Nishizaki (