Education board withdraws request for access limitation on ‘Barefoot Gen’

With the growing public criticism, the Matsue City Education Board in Shimane Prefecture on August 26 decided to withdraw its request for restriction on access to “Barefoot Gen” by students at public elementary and junior high school libraries.

SDF fires at World Heritage site, Mt Fuji

The Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force on August 25 conducted its largest live-fire drill at the foot of Mount Fuji for the first time since the mountain was voted to be on UNESCO’s World Heritage list.

Abe rushes to revise constitutional interpretation

Following the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s landslide victory in the Upper House election in July, Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is accelerating his move to enable the country to exercise the right to collective self-defense by changing the government’s interpretation of the Constitution.