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Part 2: NHK - Does Japan’s powerful public service broadcaster serve the public?

Part 2: NHK - Does Japan’s powerful public service broadcaster serve the public?

The core purpose of the media in any democratic society should be to as watchdog for the public interest, monitoring abuse of power. But this takes hard work and courage.

Nagoya Resident Yang Caiying’s Desperate Calls for Her Dying Mother and Sister in China

Nagoya Resident Yang Caiying’s Desperate Calls for Her Dying Mother and Sister in China

Although Caiying and her mother understood that her advocacy work for her family meant she couldn’t return to China, she does not regret speaking up.

政治思想の違いを乗り越え草の根でつながる

政治思想の違いを乗り越え草の根でつながる

ファシズムに反対し、民主主義を守ろうと呼びかける「No Kings」の行動がアメリカ国内外で拡散していることを受け、アンフィルターでは、ジョアン・ベイリーさん、リッチ・ベイリーさん、マット・ノイズさんと引き続き、各地域における運動や日本政治との関連性について聞いた。

アメリカ・ファースト VS 日本人ファースト

アメリカ・ファースト VS 日本人ファースト

アンフィルターでは、当会ジャーナリストであるジョアン・ベイリー、支援者のリッチ・ベイリーとマット・ノイズを交え、ICEによる非正規滞在者や不法移民の摘発について、それぞれが住む地域において、この状況がどのように受け止められているか聞いた。

Grassroots Organizing Cuts through Political Differences

Grassroots Organizing Cuts through Political Differences

Following No Kings protests against fascism across the United States and abroad, a continuation of Unfiltered's discussion with Joan Bailey, Rich Bailey and Matt Noyes on the movement to protect Democracy in the United States and the linkages to Japan's own political struggles.

America First vs Japanese First

America First vs Japanese First

Anti-immigrant sentiment is said to be spreading in Japan. Three former Japan-based members and supporters of Unfiltered share about about their responses to ICE in their US hometowns, and the parallels to Japan.

A Festival of East Asia Labor Movements in Tokyo

A Festival of East Asia Labor Movements in Tokyo

Next week, Tokyo will be host to the first-ever East Asia LaborFest, bringing together workers, labor organizers, and activists from across the region for an exhibition of Asian labor history, seminars and talks about regional and country-specific struggle and film screenings.