It is a well-known story that Japan’s transformation from a largely closed nation, sakoku, into a powerful international presence in such a short period...
No Pianos, Pets or Foreigners is a short 127-page easy-to-read book that provides the reader with a tapestry of engaging experiences of a foreigner living...
The Japanese language school I attend in Yokohama has been conducting lessons online for over a month now. And despite my initial misgivings...
In January of this year, Mitsubishi Electric and NEC, both of whom do classified defense-related work for Japan’s Ministry of Defense, separately announced that they...
April 17 marked the 125th year since the Shimonoseki Treaty was signed with the Qing dynasty (present-day China) at a posh Japanese restaurant in...
Many in South Korea blame the strain in relations between Korea and Japan on Japan’s alleged lack of contrition for its past. The current...
On December 25, 2019, the Japanese Ministry of Education disapproved Jiyusha Publishing’s junior high school history textbook prepared by the Japanese Society for History Textbook...
Rumor has it that Princeton decided not to create a law school because it thought a trade school would tarnish its scholarly reputation. True or...
Reviewed by J. Mark Ramseyer, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA. JAPAN Forward readers know Colin P.A. Jones as the Canadian lawyer and Doshisha professor...
Although Takeshima (Okinoshima Town, Shimane Prefecture) is an inherent part of the territory of Japan, the Republic of Korea has been illegally occupying it....
When I requested a review copy of this book, I expected something rather similar to Japan As Number One — relatively short, journalistic, and...
The comfort women issue has generated a lot of heat. There is endless argument about how many women worked as comfort women, whether they were...
