Culture
BOOK REVIEW | ‘A Social History of the Ise Shrines: Divine Capital’ by Mark Teeuwen and John Breen
Out of the way and nestled in the foothill forests of the Shima peninsula, Ise is home to the […]
Politics & Security
A Look Into John Bolton’s 520 Days in the Wrong Room
The recently-released memoirs of United States President Donald J. Trump’s former National Security Advisor John Bol
Politics & Security
BOOK REVIEW | ‘American Soldiers Witnessed Korean Comfort Women-Flowers of the War’ by Koichi Mera and Kiyoshi Hosoya
There is a new book out with original source information on Korean comfort women. American Soldiers Witnessed Korean C
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BOOK REVIEW | ‘The Merchant’s Tale: Yokohama and the Transformation of Japan’ by Simon Partner
It is a well-known story that Japan’s transformation from a largely closed nation, sakoku, into a powerful internati
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BOOK REVIEW | ‘No Pianos, Pets or Foreigners! My Life in Japan in the ’80s’ by Joe Palermo
No Pianos, Pets or Foreigners is a short 127-page easy-to-read book that provides the reader with a tapestry of [&hell
Coronavirus
Beyond ‘The Plague’: Other Lessons to Be Learned from Camus
The Japanese language school I attend in Yokohama has been conducting lessons online for over a month now. […
Politics & Security
BOOK REVIEW | ‘Chinese Communist Espionage: An Intelligence Primer’ by Peter Mattis and Matthew Brazil
In January of this year, Mitsubishi Electric and NEC, both of whom do classified defense-related work for Japan’s Mini
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Japan’s Rule of Taiwan Offers ‘A Lesson for Other Colonizing Nations’
April 17 marked the 125th year since the Shimonoseki Treaty was signed with the Qing dynasty (present-day China) [&h
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BOOK REVIEW | ‘The Burden of the Past: Problems of Historical Perception in Japan-Korea Relations’ by Kan Kimura
Many in South Korea blame the strain in relations between Korea and Japan on Japan’s alleged lack of […]
Culture
[Speaking Out] Japan’s Education Ministry Should Be More Transparent in Screening Textbooks
On December 25, 2019, the Japanese Ministry of Education disapproved Jiyusha Publishing’s junior high school history t
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BOOK REVIEW | ‘Law and Society in Imperial Japan: Suehiro Izutaro and the Search for Equity’ by Jason Morgan
Rumor has it that Princeton decided not to create a law school because it thought a trade school would […]
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BOOK REVIEW | ‘Obey, Not Know: Essays on Japanese Law and Society’ by Colin P.A. Jones
Reviewed by J. Mark Ramseyer, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA. JAPAN Forward readers know Colin P.A. Jones as [&he