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‘Battleship Island’: Korean Film on Wartime Laborers Criticized for Being ‘Divorced from Reality’

August 31, 2017 11:53 pm

Sankei Shimbun 1 Comment

  Criticism of the Korean film Battleship Island (directed by Ryoo Seung-wan) has been increasing. The film is set on […]

Special Reports

‘Apologies Are Over’: Pearl Harbor Changes Views on US-Japan Relations

12:53 pm

Jason Morgan, Reitaku University Leave your thoughts

  When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Pearl Harbor, Daniel Martinez was his official host and guide. Martinez, the […]

Ugly Truth: Is the Japanese Media Bent on Criticizing Abe at All Costs?

2:57 am

Sankei Shimbun Leave your thoughts

  In October edition of the monthly magazine Hanada, released on August 26th, author Ryushou Kadota revealed what he recently […]

Special Reports

Pearl Harbor: War Memorial Transforms Into Vehicle of Reconciliation

August 30, 2017 5:18 pm

Jason Morgan, Reitaku University Leave your thoughts

  Seventy-two years ago, the last bombs fell from the skies over Japan, and the last shots were fired in […]

Politics & Security

Hiroshima, Nagasaki Call for End to Nuclear Weapons, But Won’t Denounce North Korea?

August 29, 2017 6:01 pm

Yoshihisa Komori Leave your thoughts

  The month of August in Japan is a time for collective reflection on the merits of “war and peace.” […]

Economy & Tech

The Bandai Tamagotchi MIX: 20 Years Later, Popular Game Goes Back to Its Origins

5:51 pm

Gen Koganezaki Leave your thoughts

  Twenty years have passed since the birth of the portable virtual character game Tamagotchi from Bandai. In July 2016, […]

Culture

Editorial: Pressure on Cambridge University Means China Threatens Academic Freedom

12:57 pm

Editorial Board, Sankei Shimbun Leave your thoughts

  Approximately 300 articles in the Chinese studies journal China Quarterly, which the Cambridge University Press publishes in Britain, were […]

Special Reports

Will More War Flags Return Home? Japanese Americans Working to Retrieve Items From US Veterans

August 28, 2017 10:33 pm

Kensaku Amano Leave your thoughts

  On August 15th, the 72nd anniversary of the end of the war, former United States marine Marvin Strombo, 93, […]

Special Reports

Radio Program That Broadcasts to Japanese Abductees in North Korea Needs Financial Help

5:41 pm

Sankei Shimbun Leave your thoughts

The Radio representative Kazuhiro Araki (left) is talking to the microphone while Tatsuru Murao (right), executive director of COMJAN and […]

Politics & Security

US, Allies Should Make Military Build-up Costly for China

August 26, 2017 7:29 pm

Yoshinari Kurose Leave your thoughts

  (Last of 3 Parts)   Part 1: 3 Ways the US, Japan, Should Handle China’s Island Building Part 2: […]

Special Reports

Afghanistan Distracts Trump From The Real Monster

1:43 am

Michael Yon Leave your thoughts

Helmand Province, Afghanistan.  (cr. Michael Yon)   President Donald Trump thinks he can solve the AfPak dilemma. In his speech, […]

Politics & Security

It’s Time for the US to Penalize China Where It Hurts

August 25, 2017 12:09 pm

Yoshinari Kurose Leave your thoughts

  (2nd of 3 Parts)   Part 1: 3 Ways the US, Japan, Should Handle China’s Island Building     […]

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