Anti-War / Anti-Militarism
- Antiwar.com
Collection of articles, event listings, etc. on the broader topic of anti-war issues. - Anti-War Translation Brigade
Team of translators working on overseas articles, primarily on the topic of anti-war activism. (Japanese only) - Global Peace Campaign
Founded in order to seek peaceful solutions to the violence that has resulted from the launching of the “War on Terror.” (Japanese only) - Japan Center for Conflict Prevention (JCCP)
Works at the citizen level to prevent conflict and build peaceful societies. - NGO No-War Net Japan
Network of individuals working both domestically and abroad in solidarity with peace-oriented NGOs and citizens' groups in order to raise awareness and strengthen public campaigns. - Non-Defended Localities Movement Network
Movements to create declarations of “non-defended localities” aimed at ensuring peace at the local city level. (Japanese only) - VAWW-NET Japan (Violence Against Women in War-Network Japan)
Works to build a non-militarized world and eliminate violence against women in war and armed conflicts by creating a peace based on the perspective of women's human rights. - Women for Genuine Security
Group promoting critical analysis, activist partnerships and greater accountability by the U.S. government for the violence, environmental devastation, and sexual abuse caused by the U.S. military in countries that host U.S. forces and bases.
Human rights / Humanitarian Aid
- Action Against Child Exploitation
NGO that sponsors various activities to combat the problem of child labor. (Automated English translation only) - Africa Rikai Project
Strives to promote understanding between Japan and Africa through classroom education projects, seminars, trade promotion, etc. - African JAG
Carries out benefit projects for children in Africa, such as AIDS orphans in the Republic of Malawi and social rehabilitation of ex-child soldiers in Uganda. Encourages personal and social rehabilitation, as well as independence through music, art, photography, etc. - African Reconciliation Committee
Provides support to a network of Rwandan NGOs via various means such as facilitating international liaisons, establishing house construction and job training programmes, organizing resettlement and reintegration of refugees, etc. - Amnesty International Japan
Japan-branch of renowned human rights organization that is currently campaigning on the themes of the death penalty, refugee rights, stopping violence against women, and ending discrimination. - ACEF (The Asia Christian Education Fund)
Organization supporting children in Bangladesh through educational initiatives, study tours, etc. (Japanese only) - Child Fund Japan
International NGO focusing on the rights and welfare of children in Japan, Asia and Africa. - Japan International Volunteer Center (JVC)
International NGO working on behalf of community development, peace exchange and emergency relief in ten countries/regions in Asia and Africa. - Kokkyo naki Kodomotachi International (Children Without Borders)
Works with partner organisations to provide support (mainly in Asian countries) for street children, trafficked youth, adolescents in conflict with the law, and children facing other various difficulties. - LaborNet Japan
Site with information regarding the protection of workers’rights amidst present-day globalization. Includes domestic and overseas news reports, and links to a number of related sites, including those regarding peace/ antiwar issues. (Limited English content) - M_decins Sans Fronti_res (MSF)
International nonprofit medical humanitarian organisation that sends approximately 4,700 medical and non-medical professionals to more than 70 countries around the world in order to provide emergency medical care to people in danger. - Midan
Organization working to support the cause of peace in Palestine and other areas of the Middle East. (Japanese only) - Organisation to Support the Children of the Holy Land
NPO working to support children in Palestine and Israel through fundraising, information campaigns, newsletters, and a bi-yearly project bringing Israeli and Palestinian youth to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki together while discussing the possibilities for a peaceful future. (Japanese only) - Peace Village International
Established in 1967 as a citizen's initiative to provide immediate medical services and rehabilitation to innocent children harmed by war and crisis. - Peace Child
Group of university students who organize workshops on themes such as peace, poverty, the environment, food, cross-cultural issues, etc. (Japanese only) - Shapla Neer
NGO working on social and economic empowerment projects in Bangladesh, Nepal, and India, as well as campaigns to educate people in Japan about North-South related issues.
Iraq
- Committee for Solidarity with Iraqi Civil Resistance
Website of the Iraq Freedom Congress, urging all of Iraq’s people to unite in solidarity and peaceful resistance against the destruction and suffering engulfing their country. - EG Peace (Expression Group for Peace)
Project independent of any political affiliation that has been supporting the antiwar movement since 2004 with a focus on the arts. (Japanese only) - Global Days of Action
Site detailing the actions taken in conjunction with the “Global Days of Action 2006” project that was organized to mark the third year of the war in Iraq. - Iraq Hope Network
Japan-based consortium of NGOs, aid-workers, journalists, lawyers, university professors and volunteers who together sponsor projects in Iraq focused on humanitarian aid, reconstruction and human rights. - Japan-Iraq Medical Network (JIM-Net)
Organisation working to conduct research, raise funds, and promote awareness in order to support rising numbers of children in Iraq suffering from leukemia and other cancers. (Primarily Japanese) - Peace On
Aims to help promote peaceful and friendly relations between Japan and Iraq through direct people-to-people links, including grassroots-level aid projects and direct cultural exchanges in the arts. - Thank You Lt. Watada
Site supporting U.S. Army Lt. Ehren Watada, who faced court action for refusomg orders to return to Iraq due to his view of the war as unconstitutional and fought for profit.
Landmines
- Terra Rennaisance
Organisation working to create a world where all may live free of the fear of landmines. (Japanese only) - POM2: Problem Of Mines is Problem Of Mine
Organisation created by students at Keio University aimed at engaging young people in Japan with the problem of landmines. (Japanese only) - International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL)
Network of more than 1400 NGOs in 90 countries working toward a global ban on landmines. - Japan Campaign of ICBL
Japanese NGO working with the ICBL campaign. (Japanese only)
Nuclear issues
- CHERNOBYL CHILDREN'S FUND JAPAN
Organization providing various means of support to young victims of the Chernobyl nuclear accident. - Campaign for the Abolition of Depleted Uranium
Information regarding a movement begun in February 2004 to help stop the devastating effects of depleted uranium through information and citizen action. (Japanese only) - Depleted Uranium Center Japan
Group working on the issue of depleted uranium through research and investigation, aid to victims, and Initiatives for the abolition of DU weapons. - Gensuikin (The Japan Congress Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs)
Core activities include efforts to foster solidarity with anti-nuclear activists around the world, various initiatives toward a nuclear-free society; and activities in support of radiation victims. - Gensuikyo (The Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs)
International organisation working toward the swift abolition of nuclear weapons. - Global Nuclear Disarmament Fund
Program aiming to rid the world of nuclear weapons through international solidarity projects such as walks to raise awareness, screenings of a multilingual documentary film, sales of bracelets made from destroyed nuclear weapons, and more. - International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons
Encourages and supports direct action, campaigns, and the formation of national coalitions to inform and educate the public regarding uranium (its origin, properties, use, and impact on human health and the environment). - Stop Rokkasho
Appeal concerning the dangers of Japan’s Rokkasho nuclear fuel reprocessing plant, which is preparing to begin full-scale operations. Includes background information, facts and figures, music downloads, and ideas for community action. - Uranium Weapons Prohibition Treaty Realization Campaign (UWBAN)
Japanese civil group that is taking grassroots action to publicize the danger of uranium weapons, and appeal for an international treaty banning their production, stockpiling, testing, dealing, and use. - Tanpoposha
Information clearinghouse for issues relating to issues of nuclear power elimination and environmental protection. (Japanese only) - Walk 9
Site chronicling a walk taken across Japan’s main Honshu island from March to June of 2007 to the Rokkasho nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in order to plant trees, bring awareness to nuclear dangers and Japan’s Constitutional Article 9, and rethink a sustainable future.
Poverty / Refugees
- Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR JAPAN)
International NGO aiming to provide emergency assistance, aid to people with disabilities, mine action, and more. - NGO JEN
Organisation specializing in the realm of “post-conflict” assistance by working across international boundaries to solve such problems as wars, poverty, drugs, HIV/AIDS, and environmental destruction. - Plan Japan
Nonprofit, nongovernmental organisation headquartered in the UK that provides assistance for community development involving children in 49 countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. - World Vision Japan
Christian relief and development organisation working for the well being of all people (especially children) through emergency relief, education, health care, economic development and promotion of justice.