Japan aids Myanmar cyclone victims

UN-HABITAT announced that the Japanese government will contribute US$4 million to assist victims of cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. For details, see:
http://www.unchs.org/content.asp?cid=6368&catid=48&typeid=6&subMenuId=0

World Military Expenditures

According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)’s 2008 Year Book, world military expenditures for 2007 was $1.2 trillion. The USA’s military spending was highest in the world, accounting for 45 per cent of the world total, followed by the UK, China, France and Japan, with 4–5 per cent each. See:

• http://yearbook2008.sipri.org/05
  

• http://www.globalissues.org/article/75/world-military-spending#WorldMilitarySpending

War Crimes Trials: Japan

The Tokyo War Crimes following World War II led to 25 guilty verdicts as well as the execution of seven Japanese. Today the controversy about these war crimes continue.

• See the following Inter Press Service article for details: http://www.globalissues.org/news/2009/03/25/1022
  
  
• Dudden, Alexis (2008) Troubled Apologies Among Japan, Korea, and the United States. New York: Columbia University Press. http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-14176-5/troubled-apologies-among-japan-korea-and-the-united-states
  

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Article 9 Event in Toronto

WHAT: Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution: Bringing Peace into Today's World

WHEN: May 15, 2009; 6:30 - 9:30 PM

WHERE:

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) (Room Number TBA)
252 Bloor Street West (St. George Subway)
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON M5S 1V6
CANADA

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