Ryuichi Sakamoto

Lawsuit seeks evacuation of Fukushima children
Toshio Yanagihara, one of the lawyers representing 14 children from Fukushima who started a legal battle for the right to live free of radiation, holds a leaflet urging quick action be taken to protect children from radiation during a press conference in Tokyo on April 2. (AP Photo)
Their demand: The right to live free of radiation. The plaintiffs who started the legal battle: 14 children.
ANIME NEWS: Talking Heads' David Byrne, Ryuichi...
Ryuichi Sakamoto (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
"Psychedelic Afternoon," a new anime short jointly created by composer Ryuichi Sakamoto and artist duo UrumaDelvi, was released online for streaming on March 11, the second...
Anti-nuclear protests signal new activism in Japan
Protesters hold handmade signs and banners criticizing the restart of the Oi nuclear power plant and the government's appointment of a new nuclear regulator in front of the prime minister's office on Aug. 17. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
This is Japan's summer of discontent. Tens of thousands of protesters--the largest demonstrations the country has seen in decades--descend on Tokyo every Friday evening to...
Lawyer, writers call for legislation on nuclear...
Writer Kenzaburo Oe speaks at the podium during a rally calling for a phaseout of nuclear energy in Tokyo's Hibiya Park on June 6. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
A group of big-name anti-nuclear activists led by Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto is pushing lawmakers to support legislation that would phase out...
Director’s postwar warning resonates in...
Eiichi Yoshimura at an anti-nuclear demonstration around the Diet building on July 29 (Setsuko Tachikawa)
When filmmaker Mansaku Itami warned of the dangers of blind obedience in 1946, he could have had no way of knowing that Japan would be learning that same lesson nearly 70 years ...
Nuclear-free movement attracts new breed to massive ...
An estimated 170,000 people joined the Sayonara Nukes 100,000 Rally on July 16. (Satoru Sekiguchi)
Despite being orchestrated by musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, novelist Kenzaburo Oe and other prominent figures, the Sayonara Nukes 100,000 Rally held on the July 16 national...
COMMENTARY/ Ryuichi Sakamoto: Mankind cannot live...
Ryuichi Sakamoto (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
I believe the first catalysts that made me aware about pacifism and the anti-nuclear movement were Nobel Prize-winning writer Kenzaburo Oe's "Hiroshima Notes" and Keiji...
COMMENTARY/ Ryuichi Sakamoto: Japanese will have to ...
Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Asahi Shimbun)
I have always felt discomfort about the way decisions are made in Japan based on "the mood" rather than "logic," and without proper discussions regarding principles.
Composer Sakamoto promises to continue anti-nuke...
Ryuichi Sakamoto, right, is interviewed by a reporter after watching the movie “Nuclear Nation” at the Berlin International Film Festival.
BERLIN--World-renowned composer Ryuichi Sakamoto is vowing to use his considerable talents and the power of music to maintain the public's interest in the dangers of nuclear...
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