Rescued after being orphaned, a wild brown bear cub has been successfully raised by a captive “foster mother” bear alongside her own offspring. The baby bear...
James E. Auer (Emeritus Professor of Vanderbilt University) (Part 5 of 7) I started this series as an attempt to debunk seven myths about...
The front page of the Sankei Shimbun morning edition on April 26, 2013. The newspaper announces the draft of "National Constitution of Japan". The...
The Japan's Diet was open to public on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 as Japan marks the 70th anniversary of the coming into force of its post-war Constitution . (Photo by...
Japan’s post-war Constitution On Wednesday, May 3, Japan observes the 70th anniversary of the coming into force of Japan’s post-war Constitution. At the center of...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday, May 1, that this year is the right time to “take a historic step” in rewriting the war-renouncing Constitution....
(Part 4 of 7) I started this series as an attempt to debunk seven myths about Japan’s national security policy. Living in a democracy, and in...
U.S. President Donald Trump appears on stage at a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. April 29, 2017. REUTERS Dan Schneider, executive director of the the...
The Izumo, a Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force's helicopter carrier, sets sail from Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Monday, May 1, 2017 to escort a U.S. supply ship....
Why are there so many colorful carp flags all over Japan at this time of the year? Because May 5 is a special day...
The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson leads the Japan's Atago-class guided-missile destroyer JS Ashigara (L) followed by the Murasame-class destroyer JS Samidare April 26, 2017 ...
By the end of March, just as the cherry trees started to bloom, a popular cat known as the face of the local shopping district in...