Books
BOOK REVIEW | ‘Park Statue Politics’ by Thomas J. Ward and William D. Lay
There has been a troubling lack of understanding of the comfort women issue. Indeed, given the refusal in many [&helli
Culture
EDITORIAL | Freedom of Expression Is Not A License to Preach Hate
Should art, which promotes hate under the guise of “freedom of expression,” be condoned? Certainly not, in the [&hel
Special Reports
At the Crossroads: Can South Korea Survive Without Japan?
On July 3, 2019, Japan halted the unrestricted export to South Korea of three high-tech materials essential for [&he
Special Reports
Yoshiko Sakurai Keeps Leading the Way on Free Speech in Japan
Free speech is rapidly becoming a vanishing commodity worldwide. Political correctness, pandemic fake news, social
Special Reports
When Some Korean Intellectuals Exaggerate, Distort History with Japan
There was “no racial discrimination concerning wages” against conscripted workers from the Korean peninsula during the
Special Reports
Former Gunkanjima Residents to Debunk Korea’s False Claims on Wartime Laborers at U.N. Side Event
A group of Japanese is set to bring to a United Nations symposium firsthand testimony against Seoul’s claims on [&hell
Books
Naoki Hyakuta’s Bestseller Tells Us the Real Reason Japan Should Apologize to South Korea
Japanese author Naoki Hyakuta has just published a new book, Now is the Time to Apologize to […]
Politics & Security
U.S., South Korea Growing Apart in Policy Over DPRK Policy
Foreign policy analyst and former American diplomat Evans Revere was in Tokyo on Friday February 15, where [&helli
Special Reports
Ignoring Facts, U.S. Newspapers Repeatedly Misreport on Japan, Comfort Women
An article published in the January 30, 2019, edition of The New York Times on the comfort women controversy […
Special Reports
A Rebuttal to President Moon’s Claims on Wartime Korean Workers in Japan
South Korean President Moon Jae In, in his New Year press conference on January 10, made a remark that […]
Special Reports
INTERVIEW | Harvard Professor Mark Ramseyer Asks, ‘What’s Gotten Into the Korean Judiciary?’
Mark Ramseyer, Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Legal Studies at Harvard Law School, is one of the world’s foremost au
Special Reports
Uemura, It’s Pointless to Pursue Your ‘Comfort Women’ Defamation Case
Former Asahi Shimbun newspaper reporter Takashi Uemura said at The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan (FCCJ) that h