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Nemuki (ネムキ) / Asahi Sonorama (朝日ソノラマ) / Mar 1994 issue
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alain delon, tokyo, japan, 1963
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Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子)
Taken from this recent, short Asahi Shimbun article regarding the re-issue of Meiko's LPs by WeWantSounds:
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THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 7, 2024 at 14:03 JST
Japan appears to be an exceptional case where the U.S. military has done almost nothing about cancer-causing organic fluorine compounds detected near U.S. military bases.
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) repel water and oil and have been used in various products, such as firefighting foam.
The Okinawa prefectural government has detected levels of PFAS exceeding the temporary standards set by the Environment Ministry in tests conducted near U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, in the prefecture.
CONTAMINATED LAND
Masaru Miyagi, 59, who has farmed for many years in Okinawa, is angered by what he is seeing.
“The land and water on which I grew up has been polluted,” he said. “I have put up with the noise pollution from U.S. military bases as well as the crimes committed by personnel there, but I can no longer control my anger.”
Because Miyagi took pride in his organic farming produce, he is no longer growing anything now that the water has been found to be contaminated.
PFAS contamination first came to light in Okinawa in January 2016 when the Okinawa prefectural government announced the results of its study of rivers and water treatment plants around the U.S. Kadena Air Base.
One finding was that perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), one of the PFAS compounds, was detected in the Chatan water treatment plant that provides water to about 440,000 locals. A maximum 80 nanograms per liter of water were found.
A river near Kadena Air Base had PFOS levels as high as 1,300 nanograms per liter.
Since 2016, the Okinawa prefectural government has made six separate requests at various U.S. military facilities to be allowed to investigate the cause of the contamination.
But the U.S. military has only allowed two on-site inspections because it admitted that accidents had occurred there. One involved 140,000 liters of firefighting foam leaking from the Futenma base in 2020.
Over the past eight years, the Okinawa prefectural government has spent a total of 3.2 billion yen ($21.6 million) to analyze and treat water contaminated with PFAS, of which the Okinawa Defense Bureau subsidized 1 billion yen.
The prefectural government believes at least 8 billion yen will be needed to deal with PFAS contamination over the next decade.
That means water bills in Okinawa will gradually increase by a total of 30 percent from October.
While part of the increase is due to rising consumer prices and to deal with aging water equipment, some of the money will also go toward combatting the PFAS problem.
Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki has asked central government officials to shoulder the burden of managing the PFAS since the central government provides the facilities to the U.S. military from which the contaminant comes.
Masafumi Teruya is secretary-general of a citizens’ group seeking clean water around the Futenma base.
“It is unreasonable to have Okinawa residents pay to handle the PFAS,” he said.
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Rogan Hazard, Illustration for Asahi Shimbun, "Muslim Immigrant Riots in Paris, France" April 2006.
"This was done in response to the (then) continuing riots in France. Intitially they were peaceful student marches that were quickly seized upon by Mulsim agitators as an excuse for general violence and destruction. I likened them, in their characteristic hooded sweatshirts, to a primitive beast out of the primordial past rampaging through the city."
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... The Unification Church has long sought a law that obliges families to take charge of home education. ...
During the online sessions from 2020, local assembly members in Wakayama and Toyama prefectures took part from local facilities of organizations tied to the Unification Church. ...
One person who took part as a member of the Fukui prefectural assembly subsequently led a local movement to pass an ordinance in support of family education.
A Shizuoka prefectural assembly member who was a follower of the Unification Church until September 2022 and helped organize some of the sessions said: “Individuals from the church and affiliated organizations were involved in putting on the study sessions.
“But many local assembly members also helped out because there would not have been a spread of the movement if only individuals with ties to the church were involved.” ...
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Japan Issues Warning About Wandering Cat After Feline Falls into Toxic Chemicals and Escapes
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Japan Issues Warning About Wandering Cat After Feline Falls into Toxic Chemicals and Escapes
“If you find a cat that seems abnormal, please do not touch it and contact the city or police,” authorities told the public HANDOUT/Nomura Plating/AFP via Getty Footprints believed to be from a cat that fell into a tank containing toxic hexavalent chromium at the plating factory in Fukuyama, Hiroshima A cat fell into and […]
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1994: Lee Teng-hui Interviewed by Japanese Novelist Ryotaro Shiba "The Grief of Being Born a Taiwanese"
From 2020 The Asahi Shimbun article: Lee Teng-hui built, cherished long friendships in Japan
Reading lately about the Taiwanese-Japanese writer Chiu Yong-han (aka Qiu Yonghan 邱永汉）lately, I came across this Japanese novelist Ryōtarō Shiba interview with then Republic of China (on Taiwan) President Lee Teng-hui that Alaska Senator Frank Murkowski inserted into the Congressional Record. Shiba was…
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#Asahi Shimbun#Asahi Weekly#Chiang Ching-kuo#China#colonialism#Communist Party#democracy#independence#Lee Teng-hui#PRC#ROC#Ryōtarō Shiba#self-determination#Taiwan#The Asahi Shimbun#台北高校#中国
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The criminal is still running away. The person who has committed the brutal act should come out if he or she has a conscience with a small courage. Violence is everywhere and it is even within us, but it's not everything. We live according to our morale and law for better in this society. We fight against violence for better and for us and others.
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China: You are Lucky
By Asahi Shimbun
To invade or not to Invade? That is the question plaguing the Japanese Imperial Army when they got wind that the League of Nations passed a motion to assemble a multi-national alliance to go to China to attempt to deter China and Japan from going further into war. This alliance consists of soldiers from 20 countries, and is now on their way to Tianjin.
Initially, Prince Kan’in Kotohito was in favor of sending more troops and pushing further into China. He reasoned that this would allow Japan to gain access to resources for further expansion. He states that “We can set aside a number of troops to fight the league but at the same time conquer more Chinese territory”
This will mean a war for Japan on two fronts right? This is precisely the reason the officials of the Japanese Imperial Army adamantly refuses to invade more of China.
Shunroku Hata, a field Marshall in the Imperial Japanese Army, argues that Japan simply do not have the resources and manpower to battle the League and China simultaneously. He firmly states that “ Now is not a good time to wage war against China.” It stands true that at this point in time, China is not actively fighting Japan while the League is on its way take actions to prevent further Japanese Aggression.
He is backed up by Prime Minister Konoe who quips that the top priority now is to protect our Japan, our homeland, from the League’s imminent attacks.
Count Hisaichi is also against pushing further into China and opines that continued advancements into China would only be seen as an act of aggression with will only further ignite the wrath of the League. In that case, who knows what extent the League will be willing to go to to suppress Japan’s aggressions.
However, Count Hisaichi proposed engaging in psychological warfare against China instead of a physical one. No additional information was allowed to be given to the media at this point in time.
After a lengthy discussion, a decision was made to halt further invasions into China for the time being. So you might be safe now, China. But for how long?
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Weekly Manga Sekai no Ijin (週刊マンガ世界の偉人) / Asahi Shimbun Publications (朝日新聞出版) / 27th May 2012 issue (Featured historical figure: Galileo Galilei)
#educational manga#galileo galilei#galileo#2010s manga#asahi shimbun#issue month: may#週刊マンガ世界の偉人#朝日新聞出版
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'Meteors shower and starry sky 7/24 Live from Maunakea, Hawaii 流れ星と星空ライブ、ハワイ・マウナケアの国立天文台すばる望遠鏡から'
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Uruma residents unconvinced by briefing on new SDF training site
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
URUMA, Okinawa Prefecture—The Defense Ministry tried to reassure residents here about safety and other issues concerning a planned new Ground Self-Defense Force training site, but the explanation was met largely with skepticism.
The ministry held a briefing session for about 280 residents on Feb. 11 about the project planned in their city. Local neighborhood associations, concerned about noise and accidents, have already demanded that the plan be scrapped.
The GSDF training site, adjacent to a residential area, will be part of the “southwest shift” of Japan’s defense capabilities, with China in mind.
The ministry said it will buy a 20-hectare former golf course in fiscal 2024, conduct a survey design in fiscal 2025, and start construction for the GSDF training site in fiscal 2026.
The acquisition cost was included in the proposed budget for the new fiscal year and communicated to the Uruma city and Okinawa prefectural governments. The budget amount has not been disclosed because negotiations with landowners are pending.
The planned site is designed for helicopter operations and training of new SDF members. They will not be firing live ammunition.
“We will do our best to minimize the impact on the surrounding area,” Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said at a news conference.
During the briefing, ministry officials emphasized that “no U.S. military training is envisioned,” and that helicopters will only fly in time of disaster or emergency.
Some residents raised questions.
One said: “It is strange to give an explanation after the planning decision has been made. Will the residents’ opinions be reflected from now on?”
Another resident criticized the ministry’s explanation as “completely unreliable,” citing the fact that its plan to deploy missile and other units at a GSDF garrison in Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, was decided after the coastal surveillance unit was set up.
The development of the Uruma training site was initiated after three revised security-related documents were issued in December 2022. The documents included a policy to upgrade the Naha-based 15th Brigade, with about 2,000 personnel, to a division with more SDF members.
“In terms of defense strategy, it is highly significant to have a training site near the troops,” a senior ministry official.
However, the planned site is surrounded by residential neighborhoods and a prefectural youth facility, where elementary, junior high, and high school students stay and study.
In January, two local neighborhood associations passed a resolution opposing the construction of the training site, citing concerns about noise and accident risks associated with helicopter drills.
A council consisting of 15 neighborhood associations in the former Ishikawa city also unanimously voted against the project.
A 71-year-old resident who lives nearby said the training site “will destroy our lives.”
“The noise and accidents caused by the U.S. military alone are unbearable, and it is outrageous that the SDF will further increase the burden with the base,” he said.
The planned site is also in the district of Miyamori Elementary School, where 18 people, including children, were killed when a U.S. military jet crashed in 1959, before Okinawa’s reversion to Japan.
Many people still remember the tragedy.
The 71-year-old man was a first-grader in the area at the time.
“Every time there is an accident involving the U.S. military, it brings back memories of those days. I fear that the same thing may happen again,” he said.
In addition, a surface-to-ship missile unit will be deployed in March at the GSDF Vice Camp Katsuren in Uruma, located about 15 kilometers southeast of the new training site.
Deployment of long-range missiles at the site, for possible strikes against enemy bases that are attacking Japan, is also being considered.
The ministry said it has not yet decided on the deployment site for such missiles. But some Uruma residents are concerned the area may become a target of other countries in the event of a military emergency.
Uruma Mayor Masato Nakamura has yet to indicate his approval or disapproval of the planned GSDF training site.
Some Uruma city assembly members affiliated with the Liberal Democratic Party are sympathetic to the neighborhood associations.
Transcending party lines, a group of city assembly members plans to submit a petition opposing the project to the February assembly session.
In recent years, the GSDF has opened garrisons in the Sakishima isles, including on Yonagunijima, Miyakojima and Ishigakijima islands.
Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki said such moves make “the people of the prefecture feel danger and anxiety.”
Regarding the new training site in Uruma, Tamaki urged the ministry and the GSDF to “show respect for the wishes of the local community.”
(This article was written by Kaigo Narisawa and Satsuki Tanahashi.)
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SHIBUYA SCRAMBLE SQUARE + SHIBUYA SKY | Newspaper
Role | PRODUCE | CREATIVE DIRECTION | DESIGN
Year | 2019
Client | SHIBUYA SCRAMBLE SQUARE
渋谷スクランブルスクエア開業に伴い、朝日新聞広告を出稿
折り込みパノラマと、号外風配布を実施。
日々スマートフォンから情報にアクセスする現在、新聞の持つ魅力である手触りとサイズを活かすため’いわゆる新聞フォーマット’ に拘ってデザイン。
パノラマ面では、これからの東京を象徴するランドマークとして「渋谷スクランブルスクエア」が朝日を背景に象徴的に見えるアングルを模索。日常では見えない視点から東京の新しい景色を見ることで、読者の想像力を刺激し、渋谷だけでなく、東京のワクワクする未来をイメージするきっかけになればと考えた。
折り込み広告のほか、同施設内に開業した展望施設「渋谷スカイ」の号外風広告配布を同時展開。「渋谷スカイ」の想像力を育む展望施設というコンセプトを、空撮による非日常視点を交えて紹介。
街行く人々が手に取り、確かめるように見上げる姿が印象的だった。
これからも変化し続ける渋谷の「2019年の記録」として新聞メディアを活用できたことは意義深かった。
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Pro | 有國恵介 [Rhizomatiks Design]
Helicopter shoot Pro | 眞田香菜子[朝日新聞社]
CD+D | 清水啓太郎 [Rhizomatiks Design]
SHIBUYA SKY Key Visual AD + D | 小林洋介+川島康太郎 [Kitchensink]
Helicopter shoot AD | 金子裕也 [朝日新聞社]
Retoucher | 大井一葉 [amana]
SHIBUYA SKY Copywriter | 竹田芳幸 + 山本貴宏 [電通デジタル]
Helicopter shoot Photographer | 外山俊樹 [朝日新聞出版]
360°panorama Photographer | 石ヶ谷宜昭 [crank]
SHIBUYA SKY contents Photographer | シンヤケイタ [ROLLUPstudio.]
SHIBUYA SKY Key Visual Illustrator | DAN MATUTINA [visiontrack]
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