More than a century ago, at the Paris Peace Conference, the Japanese sought a racial equality clause to be included in the Treaty of Versailles. Australia...
You have to wonder why the Nio, also known as Kongōrikishi, want to frighten you. After all, the temple is a place for quiet prayer and...
Japan still cannot celebrate without reservation a recent favorable ruling by a Seoul court. President Moon Jae In’s attitude is one reason South Korea has a...
The Seoul Central District Court rules that the case, which the Supreme Court favored in 2018, is a “breach” of the 1965 Japan-South Korea agreement on...
Modern-day Japan needs revolutionaries like Rash Bose, institutions like Nakamuraya, and a willingness to absorb the “complex and unpredictable mix of influences from across the globe.”
The Quad, which features largely in Japan’s foreign policy, can trace its roots to one man’s story amid the intellectual dynamism of Japan’s Taisho era.
“Instead of pointing out those errors, we think it is important to release primary materials,” says the Center’s director, hoping individuals will take time to consider...
The finds show how the Jomon people laid the ground for Japanese culture today, and pose the same challenge of sustainability to modern-day Japanese.
The statue would recognize Higuchi’s humanitarian achievements saving 20,000 Jews under Nazi persecution, just before the start of World War II.
This goodwill gesture to the Crown Prince of the Chrysanthemum throne by King George V arguably constitutes the high point of the remarkable relationship between Britain...
Drafted on the assumption of Western superiority, the postwar Japanese constitution is not an artifact of Japanese political will or self-determination, but a monument to what...
Deeply affecting Japanese culture, the revered prince whose life is celebrated every 100 years is credited with Japan's 17 Article Constitution and welcoming Buddhism. But what...