Politics & Security South Korean President Looks to Missile-Playing Pyongyang to Jointly Probe Japan On WWII Labor Issue Takahiro Namura August 17, 2017 The city buses in Seoul started carrying plastic replicas of the “comfort women” statues...Read More
Politics & Security Abenomics Has Delivered, It Can Stare Down ‘Forces of Resistance’ Peter Tasker, Arcus Research August 17, 2017 Could Abenomics carry on without the man whom it is named after, Prime...Read More
Economy & Tech To Sustain GDP Growth, Japan Needs to Continue Giving Wage Increases Nobuhiko Yamaguchi August 16, 2017 Preliminary figures released by the Cabinet Office on August 14 indicated that...Read More
Japanese Politics Politics & Security In Kake Gakuen Issue, the Media Creates Fake ‘News’ to Criticize Gov’t Keishi Saeki August 16, 2017 Japanese Media loves to cover the Kake Gakuen issue. But the question is whether...Read More
Abductions Special Coverage Abductee Rescue Team Under the Prime Minister Should Be Created — Nakayama Sankei Shimbun August 16, 2017 It has been four decades at least since dozens of Japanese citizens were...Read More
Politics & Security Given, Trump is Appalling; Japan Should Help Shape US Policy on Asia Koji Murata August 14, 2017 Roughly four months into United States President Donald Trump’s government, the issues...Read More
Abductions Special Coverage Letter to Megumi: We hope you’ll return to the Japanese Summer and Your Mother’s Stew Shigeru and Sakie Yokota August 14, 2017 Megumi(center) had happy time travelling to Hiroshima with her parents Shigeru and Sakie Yokota,...Read More
Politics & Security Tax-free Gov’t Bonds Can Help People Feel Benefits of Abenomics Nobuyuki Kaji August 12, 2017 For the past six months, the national assembly has focused on the Moritomo/Kake...Read More
Culture Ultraman Geed: Is the New Japanese Hero A Good Guy or Not? Yasushi Kanematsu August 12, 2017 The special effects series Ultraman, which boasts a 50-year history, began broadcasting...Read More
Politics & Security Slanted, Sensationalized News: How Some Japanese Media Have Gone Into Slow Suicide Rui Abiru August 11, 2017 The protesters demand the resignation of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in front of the...Read More
Special Coverage Who Damages Japan’s Reputation? A Lot of Times, the Japanese Media Sankei Shimbun August 11, 2017 The reporters were invited to Fukushima Daiichi to observe the decommissioning process of the...Read More
History Special Coverage Amelia Earhart as Japanese POW is Fake History Repeating Itself Rieko Hayakawa, Ph.D August 10, 2017 2 In July 1937, Amelia Earhart, American aviator lionized for her bravery, and navigator...Read More