Japan’s participation in the Korean War is not a secret. It helped defend South Korea, sending crews and minesweepers into actual combat during the crucial first...
Emotions can change along with political correctness, but the records of the time and first statements of women and other witnesses help keep the world in...
Those who dislike Harvard Law Professor J. Mark Ramseyer’s scholarly interpretation — that comfort women were voluntary employees under contract — have failed to cite any...
On the night of April 1, 1945, the Awa Maru was sunk in the Taiwan Strait by the submarine USS Queenfish. With poor visibility and only...
On June 14, there was a BLM (Black Lives Matter) protest march held in the Shibuya area of Tokyo, Japan. This was not the first...
There is a new book out with original source information on Korean comfort women. American Soldiers Witnessed Korean Comfort Women-”Flowers of the War” (2020) contains...
Professor Lew Seok-choon of Yonsei University in Seoul is under criminal investigation for libel and other charges for his lecture last September 19 where he said...
The strategic bombing of the Japanese home islands during WWII targeted military bases, ports, supply depots, factories, and Japan’s economic infrastructure. But that...
This article was prompted after reading an explanation why the Japanese cannot speak proper English — that, supposedly, post-war U.S. occupation authorities did not allow...
There is a basic misunderstanding about the current trade friction between Japan and South Korea. Many see Japan’s refusal to sell South Korea three types...
On July 3, 2019, Japan halted the unrestricted export to South Korea of three high-tech materials essential for the production of semiconductors and display...
Most of those put on our ship were Japanese from Latin American countries. Among the families from the U.S., however, there were over 100 minors who...
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