Monthly Archives: Dec 2020

How has the coronavirus pandemic affected the civil society in Japan?

Posted on Dec 30, 2020 by William Andrews

The biggest non-news story of the year in Japan was surely the announcement of the “word of the year” as san mitsu, or the “three Cs” (confined and enclosed spaces, crowded places and close-contact settings). The civil society is fragile … Continue reading →

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Recreating the Koza Riot, fifty years on

Posted on Dec 16, 2020 by William Andrews

On 12 December in the plaza outside the Ryūkyū Shimpo newspaper headquarters in Naha, Okinawa, a group of men overturned a car. They wore masks, not in the customary manner of camouflaged rioters, but because of the coronavirus pandemic, and … Continue reading →

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