This is an impressive book for those interested in World War II and strategic decision making, especially in the context of current events in the South...
The story of the little-known prime minister in 1945 is a cautionary reminder that Japan's surrender of an unwinnable war was not a certainty.
The Columbia University historian draws on the records in a fascinating read tackling common beliefs about POWs in WWII.
War leaves its mark, but for how many generations can racism be excused? The timing of Facebook’s policy banning the use of a pejorative term seems...
The West gave him what? Stalin got armies and technology out of the war, and more than his fair share of the loot, including POWs and...
They depict Japanese brutality as being in a league of its own, thus diminishing the crimes of the West and characterizing the Western nations as the...
Did the success of Pearl Harbor lead to Japan’s defeat at the Battle of Midway six months later? In an interview we ask how can we...
There are two critical misperceptions: that Japan transitioned from dictatorship to U.S.-gifted democracy, and that it was never an ally of the West prior to its...
The Occupation brainwashed us through the “War Guilt Information Program.” Now, the Japanese should feel ashamed when the world regards us as a “dependency” of the...
Many South Koreans fail to comprehend why President Moon was ignored by Japan. The explanation is simple.
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...
