"It is always not useful … to distinguish between the authentic and the fake." But should invented traditions be used as foundations for national policy?
Relive the stories of 2022 that our readers were most interested in through the year, especially our editorials and opinions from Japan.
When the full history of Heisei Japan is written, it will be seen that Japan’s leadership during those three decades has been praiseworthy and constructive.
While there was romanticism and selective memory in the Hideaki Kase view of 1930s-1940s history, there were also solid chunks of reality not told by the...
Author and historian Kim says history distortion stokes anti-Japan sentiment and discusses how South Korea and Japan can move beyond the "history" problem.
The quest for historical truth requires healthy debates, not politicizing history and canceling others to silence. True historians do not politicize the past.
Like the "My Number Card" has shown, incentives work. Using mutual love of J-pop and K-pop, Japan and South Korea can turn around their relationship.
