Japan
Beyond the New Left Part 2 - Muto Ichiyo and Inoue Reiko
Beyond the New Left Part 2 - Muto Ichiyo and Inoue Reiko
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Osaka park eviction
Resistance to the evictions of Osaka's homeless community in Utsubo park and a protest at City Hall. See also our news coverage
Noe, Ito, 1895-1923
A short biography of Ito Noe, a courageous Japanese woman who broke with her social conditioning and became a champion of both women’s liberation and anarchism.
Ito Noe
Born 1895 - Kyushu, Japan, died 1923 - Tokyo, Japan
Ito was born in 1895, to a family of landed aristocracy, on the southern island of Kyushu. After graduating from Ueno Girls High School, she was forced against her will into an arranged marriage in her native village. She soon ran away to Tokyo.
First union for Japanese temple workers
A buddhist monk from the Zenkoji temple in Nagano has formed the first ever union for temple workers in Japan.
The following slightly edited report is from the Australian:
An aggrieved monk and his band of truculent acolytes have formed the first Japanese union for temple workers.
The fledgling union, comprising a handful of monks and other workers from the famous Zenkoji temple in Nagano, is sending a chilling message to Buddhist priests across Japan.
Osaka homeless evictions meet resistance
A tent village in Utsubo park, Osaka was evicted this month to make way for an international rose festival.
The following report is from libcom.org forum posters who participated in defending against the eviction:
We are some disobedients who participated in the defense of the autonomous community at Utsubo park.
Japan: Osaka's homeless resist evictions
The Osaka Municipal Government is today removing homeless communities from two of its parks in preparation for the World Rose Convention.
Around a third of Japan's 25000 homeless are based in Osaka, and these evictions are meeting mass resistance.
