Kim Ki-jong – Comfort Woman terrorist who attacked the Japanese Ambassador to South Korea, and who tried to assassinate U.S. Ambassador to South Korea...
It seems the Haiku Era is upon us. The haiku—comprised of just 17 syllables, making it the shortest poetic form in the world—is currently...
On June 30, a comfort woman statue was erected in a public park in Brookhaven, Georgia, a city in the American South. It is the...
South American fire ants, dubbed “killer ants” for their particularly potent venom, have been discovered in Japan. After being spotted in Hyogo Prefecture in May,...
The Chinese political activist Liu Xiaobo, 61, died on Thursday, July 13, after the government of China refused to let him seek treatment outside of...
Several kilograms of gold bullion were found in two toilets on a Vanilla Air low-cost carrier flight from Taipei bound for Kansai International Airport...
Fred Warmbier, father of Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia undergraduate student who was imprisoned in North Korea in March 2016, speaks during a news...
As record rains in northern Kyushu lead to widespread damage, the Imperial Household Ministry has decided to postpone the wedding announcement of Princess Mako, the...
Part 1: At Yasukuni Shrine, People Pray for the Dead; Leave Politics Out of It When foreigners ask me, “What is Yasukuni?” I...
Politics and memorials to the dead are separate things. It is civilized courtesy to distinguish between them. Is it not barbarian and uncouth to debate...
There’s a blog written from Hong Kong that’s written in Japanese, and netizens have started to notice. It showcases underground, best-selling products, such as tough, Hong...
A Japanese illustration depicting the negotiations of the Treaty of Shimonoseki in April 1895. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Middle Kingdom and Empire of...