In July I attended the funeral of my granduncle who passed away at the ripe old age of 95. He was the sixth of seven...
Those who died in a battle against Soviet troops in Japan’s far north after Japan’s surrender in World War II were honored in an...
Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to a...
The President of South Korea Moon Jae In made some striking promises during his big televised speech to mark Liberation Day on August 15. ...
In 1853 Commodore Perry visited Japan with a complaint. Japan was not a great power which threatened the U.S. Navy, but as the ranges of...
2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, which is called “VJ (Victory over Japan) Day” in...
On anniversaries of the defeat of Japan in the late 1980s, it was commonly quipped that the war was over and Germany and Japan had...
First of Two Parts (Read Part Two here) The current fight against the novel coronavirus is only the latest in a series of...
With the COVID-19 pandemic questioning the legitimacy of global regimes and institutions, this needs to be asked: Is it not time to reform the United Nations...
About five years ago, I contributed a story titled “Anticipating the Cycle of the 3rd Disruptive Revolution” (Daisan no Garagarapon Kakumei ga Okoru Shuki) to...
It’s important to look for the latest trends and most fashionable events. But sometimes we forget to appreciate those things which are just under...
How long does Russia intend to cling to the state-perpetrated crime of “illegally occupying the Northern Territories” off Japan’s northernmost major island of Hokkaido? This...