Special Reports
The War Never Really Ended for Those Like My Grandfather who Sleep in Siberia
In July I attended the funeral of my granduncle who passed away at the ripe old age of 95. […]
Politics & Security
[Speaking Out] Japan Should Support Oppressed Ethnic Minorities in China
What Japan should seek three-quarters of a century after World War II is to break away from the Yalta […]
Politics & Security
[Speaking Out] Japan Needs to Become a Great Power Again, 75 Years After the War
In 1853 Commodore Perry visited Japan with a complaint. Japan was not a great power which threatened the U.S. [&hellip
What do Victory and Defeat Mean 75 Years After the End of the Pacific War?
On anniversaries of the defeat of Japan in the late 1980s, it was commonly quipped that the war was […]
Politics & Security
‘China Threat’ Prods NATO Toward Unity
United States President Donald Trump, known as a man of self-confident showy displays and a way with intemperate languag
Special Reports
Emperor Showa Favored Japan’s Rearmament, Documents Reveal
Michiji Tajima, the first grand steward of the Imperial Household Agency, kept detailed records of his audiences with
Politics & Security
Chinese Communist Party Influence Operations are Ideological Competition
Since its creation in 1921, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has made it its primary objective to seize and […
Books
BOOK REVIEW | ‘The Tolstoy Family’s Ark’ by Fumiko Davis
Very few people are not aware of Leo Tolstoy, the genius Russian writer. His works are published in […]
Politics & Security
Japan-Russia Rapprochement Is Not A Kids’ Game
The Japan-Russia peace treaty negotiations promoted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are reportedly based on an unpreceden
Special Reports
Lesson of Tiananmen Massacre: Democratization Can Never Grow Out of Chinese Civilization
Haiying Yang Twenty-nine years have passed since the bloody crackdown on citizens and students seeking democratiza
Special Reports
‘Comfort Women’ Statues? Build Them for All, Not Just Some, Victims of Wartime Sexual Violence
Earl H. Kinmonth At 10 A.M. on the morning of May 14, a Buddhist memorial service presided […]
Politics & Security
The Shared Interests That Bring Japan and India Closer
Much water has flowed down the mighty Ganges since the end of the Cold War. That was when Japan […]