Consumers Union of Japan is very impressed by Jennifer Chan’s new book, Another Japan is Possible, published by Stanford University Press. “I think that this book can explain the situations of Japanese modern social movements,” says Yamaura Yasuaki, CUJ’s vice chairperson. “Jennifer Chan’s research is wide-ranging and complete. We recommend it to all who are interested in new social movements and global citizenship education.” Another Japan Is Possible New Social Movements and Global Citizenship Education Edited by Jennifer Chan 2008 Buy this book ONLINE RESOURCES Tables and Figures Table of Contents Acknowledgments Excerpt from the Introduction
Japan Resources No. 143
Japan Resources No. 143 (pdf) January-March 2008 Here is a new issue of Japan Resources for you, fresh from our office in Waseda, Tokyo. Lots of articles about consumer activism in Japan and abroad. – Editors CONTENTS: Irradiated Food Ingredients World Social Forum in Arakawa “Rokkasho: Nobody Talks, Nothing Changes” Rokkasho Protest Post Card Campaign The Chinese Meat Dumpling Scandal Stop Genetically Engineered Food Crops Thank You South Australia! No! GMO Request at Australian Embassy Please Stop GM Canola Cultivation in Australia Call to Action Against the G8 International Preparation Meeting about the Lake Toyako G8 Summit
About Food Mileage
What can we learn from the recent food safety related incidents? Recently we had several fraudulent labeling scandals and this year, the Chinese gyoza problem etc. There are a number of answers. The food companies appear to lack awareness of compliance with regulations, while Japan has a weak inspection system for the increasing amount of imports. The fundamental problems are how we eat, as well as the promotion of bad eating patterns in society.We consider it to be an abnormal situation that 60 percent of the food on our tables are imported. As people have come to view convenience and low prices as a good thing, they are in fact…
G8 Action Network Meeting
International Preparation Meeting about the Lake Toyako G8 Summit 8 March, 2008 in Tokyo Kurihara Yasushi from the Executive Office asked everyone to give their views and opinions regarding the G8. The G8 Action Network is an open network composed of individuals and organizations who are questioning the G8 Summit itself. The Network is constructing a framework for exchange of information, designed to support many events and activities against the Summit. Nations joining the G8 account for only 14% of the world’s population. Also, the G8 Summit is an informal meeting that does not comply with the procedures as requested by international laws. However, what is agreed there defines the…
Call to Action Against the G8
Resisting Free Trade, Militarism and Fighting for Real Solutions to Climate ChangeThe G8 Summit will be held July 7-9, 2008 in Toyako, Hokkaido, Japan. This will be a culmination of a series of ministerial preparation meeting beginning in March. The G8 Action Network, a network of various Japanese organizations and movements, called on all social movements, peasant organizations, women, migrants, urban and rural poor, fisherfolks and civil society from all over the world who are resisting free trade in its many forms, war and militarism, the privatization of essential services and natural resources, illegitimate debt and the domination of global finance, and fighting for and building real people based solutions…