This book review introduces author Evan Thomas's new, intimate insights into the thinking of three key men who played decisive...
The South Korean government and civic group VANK closely align on Takeshima and other "history" issues as they use cyber "diplomacy" to try to change history.
The bust of Mahatma Gandhi in Hiroshima is a powerful reminder of his message of peace, resonating in the world's first city to suffer an atomic...
From film studios to shrines, Osamu Funao spent three years photographing around 400 surviving structures of Japanese architecture from the occupation of China.
A February 19 press conference underscored the recent journalistic and academic silence on the comfort women issue. We consider what has changed.
The authors offered a glimpse into their new book on the deeper problems behind the comfort women issue and the somber realities of American higher education.
Gunma prefecture removed the monument after the association broke its promise and defied the Supreme Court order to remove the politicized statue from the park.
Japan has 3 territorial problems with her neighbors: Senkaku Islands, Takeshima, and the Northern Territories. We examine their merits under international law.
Russia illegally occupies lands belonging to both Japan and Ukraine, including the Northern Territories in Hokkaido, which Soviet troops grabbed in 1945.
This book by J Mark Ramseyer and Jason M Morgan exposes the twin dangers of intellectual dishonesty and censorship on the comfort women issue in academia.
"Please accept the uncomfortable truths of the Japanese colonial era head-on. The truth is the truth, even if it's unbearable," said Lew after the court ruled.
MediaWatch founder Byun Hee-jae says that scholarly rebuttal is the standard practice in academic debate — not weaponizing the media and law to stifle dissent.