“I have made it my life’s mission to tell the world, starting with Japan, what a beautiful country this is, and what a rich and inspiring...
After 75 years, Japan should be mature enough as a democracy to have its citizens determine what they want their future to look like.
Democracy was at work in Japan in the late 19th century, long before World War II and the postwar Occupation.
From pandemic management to relations with its neighbors, Japan faces persistent challenges from the mistakes and unfinished business of the postwar Allied occupation.
Constitutional revision would mean waking up, when the Japanese put under a spell by the American Occupation still prefer to slumber in their defeat.
Would Japan be in a different place with China and South Korea had the Tokyo Trial addressed the responsibility of those with the authority to have...
The Tokyo Trial challenges everything about how justice is supposed to be rendered under the rule of law. These flaws contributed heavily to the numerous lingering...
The blue ribbon is a symbol of the national movement calling for the rescue of abductees. Who would consider it a form of hate speech?
South Korea and Austria share many historical experiences in common, but the outcomes have been very different, and Moon Jae In missed a chance to understand...
Drafted on the assumption of Western superiority, the postwar Japanese constitution is not an artifact of Japanese political will or self-determination, but a monument to what...
PM Yoshihide Suga details how the 74-year-old Occupation era constitution impedes the country’s response to modern problems, including the COVID-19 emergency, and how he plans to...
First of Two Parts (Read Part Two here) The current fight against the novel coronavirus is only the latest in a series of...
