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Year Month	No.	Theme
<2011>
12	448	The almighty influence of the Arms Trade
11	447	Banking on hunger - How speculators moved into food
10	446	Nature's defenders - Can indigenous people save the planet?
9	445	Pakistan - Daring to hope
7/8	444	The changing face of masculinity - How women stand to gain
6	443	The Far Right gets respectable
5	442	Climate change denial - Busting the myths
4	441	Makers of the miracle - So why are China's workers left out in the cold?
3	440	Up in arms - How the financial crisis sparked a wave of popular protest
1/2	439	Corporate lobbying - Who's pushing politicians' buttons?
<2010>
12	438	Zero carbon world - Can it be done?
11	437	Humans vs. Nature
10	436	A wake-up call for democracy
9	435	Seed savers - The frontline against world hunger
7/8	434	Zero Growth - Life beyond growth
6	433	Deported! - What happened next?
5	432	Iraq: Seven years later - the legacy of invasion
4	431	Bloody oil - Shut down the tar sands!
3	430	Globalization on the rocks...so what's to smile about?
1/2	429	Too many of us? - The population panic
<2009>
12	428	Welcome to Copenhagen! - The Great Climate Sale
11	427	Counterterrorism's rise
10	426	Islam in power - Change from within
9	425	Vanishing bees
7/8	424	The Arctic
6	423	China in charge
5	422	Multiculturalism - Is it working?
4	421	Put people first
3	420	Mothers who die
1/2	419	Climate justice: Taking the power back
<2008>
12	418	Food Crisis: Record profit and hungry people <Reporting from Japan> -- Food Sovereignty - how to save Japan and the world from the food crisis by Mashima Yoshitaka (Japan Family Farmers Movement)
11	417	Through Afghan eyes - The war that won't end
10	416	Wanted! - For dodging tax justice
9	415	Drowning in plastic - Living in a toxic world
8	414	We need to think about Toilets
7	413	Viva Yasuni - Life vs Big Oil
6	412	Dropping the Bomb - How to ban nukes and save the planet <Reporting from Japan> --Nuclear Disarmament in Japan - Background of the 'Anti Anti-Nuclear Nation' by Kawabe Ichiro (Aichi University) <Special Report for the NI Japan No.100> --No More Hiroshimas, No More Nagasakis.... and beyond Introducing some anti-nuclear groups in Japan --Messages from the country that experienced nuclear devastation Learning about atomic weapons from Japanese children's books
5	411	Burma - Ripe for change
4	410	New dawn for indigenous peoples?
3	409	Ethical Travel
1/2	408	Human Rights in a time of terror
<2007>
12	407	Corporate responsibility unmasked
11	406	DEPLETED URANIUM - The poisoned legacy
10	405	Big babies - Dumbing down politics
9	404	Trafficked - For sexual exploitation
8	403	Southern Exposure
7	402	In search of Permaculture
6	401	DARFUR - Don't look away
5	400	Daring to dream - Inspiration from the Majority World
4	399	Cotton - The peril and the promise <Reporting from Japan> Japanese native cotton, Gandhi and You by Caitlin Stronell (NI Japan)
3	398	Inside Iran
1/2	397	State of the world's OCEAN
<2006>
12	396	Corruptuion - Can the rot be stopped?
11	395	Ethical shopping - a magic bullet to save the world? <Reporting form Japan> Ethical Consumerism - will it take root in Japan? by Kitazawa Koh (Fair Trade Resource Center)
10	394	Europe! Resisting corporate design
9	393	Advertising overload
8	392	Banks - The Kings of Capital
7	391	CO2NNED - Carbon offsets stripped bare <Reporting form Japan> The Japanese Government takes on Kyoto Mechanisms by Hirata Kimiko (Kiko Network)
6	390	The Venezuelan Revolution
5	389	Two decades of change in an African Village
4	388	Trade Justice
3	387	Cartoons & comics - No laughing matter, Cartoonists take issue
1/2	386	Squatter Town - The South's urban explosion

*"Reporting form Japan"will appear irregularly twice a year.


Year Month	No.	Theme	Reporting from Japan Theme
<2005>
12	385	The Search for Truth - justice after genocide	-Organizations work on Nanjin Massacre, Japan-China friendship and Ainu people.
11	384	Disability in the Majority World	-Stuff 'normal'! - Disability's challenge to Japan ---Interview with Yamazaki Tadashi (Japan Council on Independent Living Centers: JIL) -Partnership of JIL and LIFE Independent Living Center in Pakistan
10	383	BINGO! - The Big Charity Bonanza	-NGOs in Japan - and challenges ---Interview with Yamazaki Tadashi (Secretary General of Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation: JANIC)
9	382	Nuclear's second wind	-Is there a future for nuclear power? ---Interview with Nishio Baku (Co-director of Citizens' Nuclear Information Center)
8	381	The Challenge to Violence	-Non-Violence in Japan ---Japan's Gandhi:Ahagon Shoko ---Non-Violence and Buddhism ---Non-Violence and Women
7	380	Caste - the hidden apartheid	-The reality of discrimination in Japan and India: what can we learn and what can we do? ---Interview with Bando Nozomi (IMADR)
6	379	Out of Africa - A Migrant's Story	-Immigrant workers in Japan ---by Yusa Haruna
5	378	Ecosystems	-What is happening to our natural environment? --Let's start by thinking of our immediate surroundings? ---by Moro Hideki (NI Japan)
4	377	Street children	-Street Children through the eyes of Japanese youth ---The Garbage Tip Social System (Toshima Junichi) ---'Street Children' are Individuals (Furukawa Yoshitake)
3	376	State of Fear -Rights & freedoms post-9/11	-Freedom and Rights - Victims of Anxiety and Control ---by Moro Hideki (NI Japan)
1/2	375	Upside down: The United Nations at 60	-NI-Japan asked a random selection of people in Japan what the UN means to them... -America's Cheer Squad: Japan in the United nations ---by Kawabe Ichiro
<2004>
12	374	Free trade in the Americas	No report for this month
11	373	Women's rights	- Women's Rights vs. 'Family Values': Constitutional Crisis in Japan --- STOP! Amendments to Article 24 Campaign --- Article 24 as a foundation which we must build on
10	372	Judeophobia	-Teaching about the Holocaust ---by Ishioka Fumiko (Tokyo Holocaust Education Resource Center)
9	371	China	-Communities Cooperating: Grassroots connections between China and Japan. ---by Higashikawa Takako (Green Earth Network)
8	370	In the name of GOD	- Keeping the Gods at the Community Level: Shinto and decentralised religion. ---by Caitlin Stronell (NI Japan)
7	369	Tobacco	- Tobacco in Japan: what are the issues? ---by Watanabe Fumisato (TOPIC: Tobocco Problems Information Center)
6	368	Co-operative	-Co-operateive data file -'Food safety is not something you buy, it's something each one of us must create': From collective purchasing to socail change -Co-op Advocacy
5	367	Wars for Africa's Wealth	- Surrounded by Conflict Resources: from diamonds to tantalum ---by Moro Hideki (NI-Japan)
4	366	Life after Communism	Another world Altogether: Reinventing communism in the post-communist era. ---Interview with Ogata Yasuo (Communist Party of Japan)
3	365	IMF and World Bank	-The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank: Japan's crucial part ---by Fukawa Yoko (Pacific Asia Resource Center)
1/2	364	Equality	Working towards equality - in its various forms
<2003>
12	363	Sugar	The Sugar in Japan- The Facts
11	362	Big Pharma	Empowering Patients -the surest check on drug companies. ---Interview with Hanai Jugo, leader of a group representing victims harmed by drugs.
10	361	Oil pipelines	The Shadow over Sakhalin - Japan's newest energy source. ---What the development of oil and gas reserves will mean for the people who live on the northern island.
9	360	Reinventing power	Direct democracy as a supplement to indirect democracy. ---Association for National and Local Referendums
8	359	Sounds of dissent	Political and Social Messages in Music: the people who make them and the system that tries to stop them ---Self-censorship and the "Banned Songs" ---Messages from the Grassroots: Utagoe Movement ("Singing Voice of Japan")
7	358	Corporate crime wave	Corporations vs. Nature -The Unimat Real Estate resort development in Iriomote Island
6	357	Climate Change Solutions	Preventing Global Warming through Changing Social Systems: CASA's Project - Citizen's Alliance to Save the Atmosphere and the Earth:CASA
5	356	Latin America	Grassroots Connections - Japan/Latin America Cooperation Network (Red de Cooperacion Mutua entre Japon y America Lationa: RECOM)
4	355	Privatization	Privatization of the medical and welfare sectors - who does it really benefit?
3	354	Water	Report from the Third World Water Forum Community Participation and Rainwater - Interview with Dr. Murase
1/2	353	Food and Farming	Japanese Farming - where is it headed?
<2002>
12	352	Success Stories	Community and Overseas Development Brought Together by Recycle Shop - WE21 Japan
11	351	The Other America	Connecting 'The Other America' and Japan
10	350	Refugees	Refugees in Japan
9	349	Patents on Life	Japanese Corporations & Patents on Life
8	348	Israel & Palestine	The Middle East and Japan
7	347	Inside Business	Corporation and Us -the Johannesburg Earth Summit and Beyond
6	346	AIDS	HIV/AIDS in Japan
5	345	Islam	What is Islam to you? - some voices of people in Japan
4	344	West Papua	Working with a Forgotten People
3	343	Speed-up	Time warp in Tokyo -A Saturday afternoon at Cafe Slow
1/2	342	Another World is Possible	The Citizen's Strategy for Creating a New World
<2001>
12	341	Trade unions	The Union Movement in Japan - adapting to a changing economy
11	340	Twin Terrors: The world holds its breath	The Terrorist Attacks and Japan
10	339	New writing from the South	Birth of Anti-Globalization Movement in Japan
9	338	Global Resistance: we are everywhere	Slavery in Japan - Trafficked Women in the Sex Industry
8	337	Slavery: The burden of slavery	No More Narmadas - The reform of Japanese ODA
7	336	Narmada dams: do or die	The End of Oil: What will it mean for Japan?
6	335	Mired in crude: The end of oil	The WTO and Japan
5	334	WTO: Shrink it or sink it	Journalism in Japan - how the news is controlled even without the direct influence of global media
4	333	Megalomedia: The voice of globalization	･Heart of Kindness ・Japanese ODA: The Facts
3	332	Bangladesh/Aid Which way now?	How Garbage Disposal affects our Health - Chemical Sensitivity and Unburnable Garbage
1/2	331	Health hazard	Japanese Participation in UN Peace Support Operations - Can the Japanese Self Defense Force Make a Meaningful Contribution?
<2000>
12	330	Globocops: The powerful unplugged	The Sustainability Bridge
11	329	Sustainability: Searching for solutions	The Fear of Being Different-Gays in Japan
10	328	Out South: Sexual minorities in the Majority World	Torture-it happens in Japan too.
9	327	Torture: Never forget	Pan-Africanism, South Africa and Japan. - Interview with the South African Ambassador
8	326	Africa United: The Pan-African alternative	The World's Biggest Fishmarket: Japan
7	325	Fish: The last gasp	Democracy for the Disenfranchised/My First Election
6	324	Democracy: Is that it?	Japan-the Pesticide Capital of the World
5	323	Pesticides: Pick your poison	Fair Trade in Japan + Factfile
4	322	Fair Trade	Ayacucho, Peru and Japan
3	321	Life after death in the Andes - Ayacucho	'Bringing the market back to the people' - An interview with Kaneko Masaru, Professor at Hosei University
1/2	320	Redesigning the global economy	In Search of a Policy - Climate Change and Japan
<1999>
12	319	Weather report - trouble ahead	Japan, Indonesia and Economic Expediency
11	318	Indonesia - Power of protest	In Search of the Good Banana
10	317	Bananas - The big banana split	Between Japan and Iraq
9	316	Iraq - What United Nations sanctions have done	Decentralization of Education in Japan - Possibilities and Problems
8	315	Education - The great education scandal	Journalists, the Press and Propaganda: An interview with Honda Katsuichi.
7	314	Mind games - The rise of corporate propaganda	Tokyo and suburbs - How green is world's most populous city?

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