Demanding an end to public use of the war's Japanese name, the Asahi Shimbun justifies itself by citing a postwar Allied Occupation order that expired in...
The government should not look away from the current situation in which Japan's sovereignty over Takeshima continues to be violated by South Korea.
India's PM Nehru believed that accepting the US-led treaty would be tantamount to a political somersault, with no logic left in any policy that it would...
PM Nehru of India expressed concerns to Burma and Indonesia that certain clauses in the treaty could worsen tensions instead of bringing peace to the Far...
"The terms of the treaty should concede to Japan a position of honor, equality, and contentment among the community of free nations" — India to the...
In this series, Dr Chansoria examines archival documents to explain why India signed a separate treaty with Japan instead of the San Francisco Peace Treaty.
The annual Takeshima Day remains a prefectural event. In fact, no cabinet ministers have ever attended the annual ceremony in Matsue.
For Pal, the participation of the US in the postwar tribunals was an attempt to manufacture a narrative that would justify continuation of imperialist policies.
He exhibited a “noble spirit of courage...during the International Military Tribunal for the Far East,” the late former prime minister Shinzo Abe had said.
Japan is still unable to revise its Constitution, which was created while it had no sovereignty ー even though sovereignty was restored 70 years ago.
Kenji Fujii, research advisor for the Takeshima issue in Shimane Prefecture, presents fresh research showing the US rejected South Korea’s request under the San Francisco Treaty.
In South Korea, where “Japan is always evil,” a lower court sides with Japan in a demonstration of the courage to go against public opinion and...