Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism
Japanese pacifism under attack
By  • 26 October 2017
After World War II, Japan adopted a constitution that formally renounced war or maintaining military forces. In the years since, Japan has bolstered what it calls its "Self-Defense Force." The SDF is a military in…
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Drawing Japan's politics, from Seattle
By  • 26 October 2017
Roger Dahl, an unlikely Japanese political cartoonist When Roger Dahl moved to Japan in 1989, he was like hundreds of other recent college grads - looking for adventure and funding it by teaching English. [caption…
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Japan seizes passport of Syria-bound journalist
By , • 10 February 2015
Following the beheadings of two of its citizens by the Islamic State in the Levant, Japan has confiscated the passport of a 59-year-old photojournalist who was planning to travel to Syria. Freelance photographer Yuichi Sugimoto…
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