At the Takeshima Archive in Matsue City, student commentators talk to visitors about the Takeshima, a group of islands in Shimane Prefecture, still illegally occupied by...
The tiny island is full of surprising treasures and traditions in the midst of an azure blue sea. And it boasts national status as a Significant...
Japan releases a video in 10 languages to state the internationally recognized facts and counter efforts by the two Koreas to rename the body of water.
Democracy was at work in Japan in the late 19th century, long before World War II and the postwar Occupation.
The video hopes to reach people directly to talk about the flag’s long tradition as a symbol for festivals, anniversaries, wedding celebrations, fishing vessels, and sports...
Overseas attackers use the comfort women as cover for their campaigns against academic freedom. They do not care about the comfort women themselves.
There are a growing number of researchers looking at original documents on the comfort women issue and coming to the same conclusion. They are not the...
From pandemic management to relations with its neighbors, Japan faces persistent challenges from the mistakes and unfinished business of the postwar Allied occupation.
The critics’ aim is to intimidate public intellectuals through Nazi-like mob-attack tactics.
The role of the Tokyo-based Industrial Heritage Information Center is to provide accurate primary sources and testimonies. We have no intention of changing this principle.
Right premise, wrong approach: Ching returns to his theme of wanting to decenter the nation-state in East Asia and find a new solution to the “anti-Japanism”...
Train fans who regularly participate in cleaning the WWII-era Engine No. 31 from the Taimen Railway at Yasukuni Shrine were the ones who suggested the whistle...