They depict Japanese brutality as being in a league of its own, thus diminishing...
Paul de Vries
Paul De Vries is an Australian writer and educator based in Japan. His book "Remembering Santayana: the lessons Unlearnt from the War Against Japan" is available from Amazon. His essays have also appeared in the Japan Times and Asia Times.
Democracy was at work in Japan in the late 19th century, long before World...
There are two critical misperceptions: that Japan transitioned from dictatorship to U.S.-gifted democracy, and...
High profile hafu athletes such as Osaka, Hachimura, and sprinter Abdul Hakim Sani Brown,...
There was a third way to end the war — the same manner as...
More than a century ago, at the Paris Peace Conference, the Japanese sought...
This goodwill gesture to the Crown Prince of the Chrysanthemum throne by King George...
The logical targets for South Korea’s ire should have been the U.S., China, and...
The occupation of Nanjing is an event for which Japan can take no...
~The Chinese government claims 300,000 died, but Nanjing University’s Dr. Lewis S.C. Smythe...
The Japanese comfort women program has become a dominant symbol of an era...
The generation that fought the Asia-Pacific War is dying off. With each passing...
