Economy | ANALYSIS
Households to take hit from tax hike
by Tomoko Otake
The consumption tax increase will hit every household in Japan hard, with many people’s financial future hanging on whether their wages rise enough to offset the hike's impact.
World Sep 26, 2013
NSA spied on senators, King during Cold War
The U.S. National Security Agency eavesdropped on civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. and heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali as well as other leading critics of the Vietnam War in a secret program later deemed “disreputable,” declassified documents revealed Wednesday. The six-year spying program, ...
Global-related Sep 4, 2013
Tragedy of America's 'good and virtuous wars'
by Henry Allen
Americans still believe in the idea of the good and virtuous war. What a dangerous idea it is.
Voices | HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO Aug 26, 2013
Denials of defoliant at former U.S. base site in Okinawa fly in the face of science
The inescapable fact is that the U.S. military, on Kadena Air Base, disposed of materials in drums containing 2,4,5-T , a wartime defoliant, and TCDD, the most toxic component of the dioxin family, known to be associated with the manufacture of such herbicides.
Asia Pacific Aug 10, 2013
Vietnam dad, son who fled war in '72 brought out of jungle
Vietnamese authorities are trying to reintegrate a father and son back into their home village after they allegedly fled war four decades ago to live deep in the forest, an official said Saturday. Ho Van Thanh, 82, and his son, Ho Van Lang, 42, ...
National Aug 7, 2013
Okinawa dump site may be proof of Agent Orange: experts
by Jon Mitchell
The recent discovery of 22 barrels buried on former U.S. military land in the city of Okinawa could be posing the same level of risks to local residents as dioxin hot spots in Vietnam where the American military stored toxic defoliants during the 1960s ...
Asia Pacific | Focus Aug 5, 2013
Ailing vets point to Vietnam-era transport planes
by Steve Vogel
Nearly three dozen rugged C-123 transport planes formed the backbone of the U.S. military’s campaign to spray Agent Orange over jungles hiding enemy soldiers during the Vietnam War. And many of the troops who served in the conflict have been compensated for diseases associated ...
National Jul 3, 2013
Finds raise toxic chemical suspicions at ex-Kadena site
by Mizuho Aoki
The Okinawa Defense Bureau and the city of Okinawa uncover seven more barrels at a former U.S. base site that may have been used to hold toxic chemicals during the Vietnam War.
National Feb 15, 2013
U.S. report to deny Agent Orange in Okinawa
by Jon Mitchell
A Pentagon probe into the presence of Agent Orange in Okinawa is set to support veterans' allegations of the clandestine burial of harmful chemicals — but deny the defoliant was among them.