By Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard 323 pages Henry Holt & Co.: New York, 2016 Jason Morgan, for JAPAN Forward ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe receives a letter of South Korean President Moon Jae-in from his special envoy Moon Hee-sang (left) on May 18th at Tokyo In...
“We have nothing but apprehension since such a vehemently anti-Japanese president has won.” Those close to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lamented on the...
Why did Korean fathers abandon their daughters without a fight? (Statue in Seoul, photo cr. Michael Yon.) Trouble is unfolding. Few people, outside Japan...
Amidst the ongoing impeachment proceedings of President Park Geun-hye, South Korea’s premodernity has unfolded itself, rather surprisingly to the world at large. She has been impeached...
The Japanese government has submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court expressing its opinion that the Supreme Court should hear the appeal asking that...
China National Tourism Administration spokesperson Zhang Lizhong announced on January 24 his “firm opposition” to the books that APA Group placed in its hotel rooms denying...
The two top Japan experts in South Korea’s newspapers are probably Shim Gyu-seon, an editorial consultant for the Dong-A Ilbo, and Seon Woo-jeong who sits on...
On January 6th, the administration temporarily recalled Yasamusa Nagamine, its ambassador to South Korea, in response to the installation of a comfort woman statue in front...
When Tomomi Inada was appointed as Minister of Defence in last summer’s Cabinet reshuffle, it raised eyebrows across the political spectrum. A protégé of Shinzo Abe...