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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 authorities […]
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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 he regrets […]
Politics & Security
Japan-South Korea Tensions Grow Over Radar Lock-on Incident
Relations between Japan and South Korea have deteriorated further in the wake of an incident involving a Japan Maritime […]
EDITORIAL | Japan Must Demand U.N. Enforced Disappearances Committee’s Retraction of Accusations
Another unreasonable report bearing the United Nations (U.N.) name has surfaced. On November 19, the U.N. […]
Politics & Security
How China Pressures Japan to Stay Pacifist
The long duration of Japan’s pacifism in the face of increasing belligerence from China is not only […]
Who is the Revisionist? Not the Journalist Who Called ‘Comfort Women’ Reports ‘Fabrication’
“I am not a revisionist,” Yoshiko Sakurai said calmly, despite the sudden rise in tension in the […]
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EDITORIAL | Dissolving ‘Comfort Women’ Foundation, South Korea Puts Ties With Japan at Risk
The Sankei Shimbun Trampling on a key bilateral accord, the South Korean government announced on November […]
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How Japan Should Respond to BTS’ Non-Apology Over the A-Bomb T-Shirt
In pictures that started appearing online in October, Jimin of the Korean boy band BTS is shown […]
Politics & Security
South Korea Breaches Rule of Law, Common Sense with Court’s Wartime Labor Ruling
A strong sense of revulsion is building within the Japanese government in reaction to a decision by […]