Books
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 […]
COVID-19: The Lessons We Haven’t Learned From the Spanish Flu of 1918
In April 1918, a group of around 20 sumo wrestlers on tour in Taiwan became mysteriously ill, with some requiring [&hel
Special Reports
Bon Ishikawa’s ‘Kujira Bito’: Humans, Whales Live in Harmony in Secluded Indonesian Village
The Last Whale Hunters, Directed by Bon Ishikawa Bon Ishikawa’s latest documentary, Kujira Bito (The Last Whale Hunt
Politics & Security
[Speaking Out] High Court Hands Significant Victory in the Case for Fabricated Reports on Comfort Woman
On March 3, the High Court gave me a perfect victory in a libel case brought against me by […]
Culture
The British in Bakumatsu Japan: The Tozenji Incident
(First of 3 Parts) The Bakumatsu era and subsequent Meiji restoration was a turbulent time in Japan. It […]
Culture
Anti-Japan Racism in North America: An Eyewitness Report
It is broad daylight when I and a handful of acquaintances duck into a nondescript brick building in a […]
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
Culture
FILM REVIEW | Toyoshima Keisuke’s ‘Mishima: The Last Debate’
A wild-haired and wild-eyed young man. In one hand, a cigarette; in the other, a baby. To his left, […]
Books
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 […]
Special Reports
[Mythbusters] ‘Comfort Women’: The Chilling Effect of Letting the Courts Settle Historical Issues
In 1991, Takashi Uemura wrote an article based on a recording that was made by the first of the […]
Culture
Crowdfunding Launched for English Version of Picture Book on Takeshima Islands
Although Takeshima (Okinoshima Town, Shimane Prefecture) is an inherent part of the territory of Japan, the Republic
Culture
BOOK REVIEW | ‘The Chronicles of Lord Asunaro’ by Kanji Hanawa
The Chronicles of Lord Asanaro (Red Circle, 2020) is an unusual and rewarding story that lingers in the consciousnes