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Tag Archive: World War II

Politics & Security

[EDITORIAL] Without Russia Reverting Northern Territories, Japan Must Reject ‘Peace Pact’

September 17, 2018 10:41 pm

Editorial Board, Sankei Shimbun Leave your thoughts

      The Sankei Shimbun   Now is the time for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to restructure Japan’s diplomatic […]

Special Reports

Asahi Shimbun Blocks Access to Articles Retracting Its ‘Comfort Women’ Stories

September 11, 2018 1:11 am

Sankei Shimbun Leave your thoughts

      By The Sankei Shimbun   Claiming “technical errors,” The Asahi Shimbun has made inaccessible two articles in [&hel

Special Reports

Comfort Women Statues Shame, Not Help, Koreans

August 24, 2018 3:11 am

Archie Miyamoto 1 Comment

      By Archie Miyamoto, Lt. Colonel, U.S Army, Retired   The comfort women statues that continue to proliferate [&hell

Special Reports

Asahi Shimbun Rejects Call to Temper Its Language on Comfort Women

August 3, 2018 4:47 am

Sankei Shimbun Leave your thoughts

  On July 24, a voluntary group intent on ending the bias in reporting on the issue of wartime comfort […]

Special Reports

BOOK REVIEW: Ryoma!: The Life of Sakamoto Ryoma, Japanese Swordsman and Visionary

June 18, 2018 11:29 pm

Peter Tasker, Arcus Research Leave your thoughts

Peter Tasker   Who is Ryoma? He’s a topnotch swordsman who takes on 30 kendo opponents in a row and […]

Culture

Hans Christian Andersen Awardee Eiko Kadono: ‘I Live in the Present Progressive Form’

May 31, 2018 12:05 am

Eiko Kadono Leave your thoughts

    On March 26, children’s book author Eiko Kadono, 83, known for Kiki’s Delivery Service (Majo no Takkyubin) and [&hel

Special Reports

Place It ‘Somewhere Else,’ Duterte Says of Uprooted ‘Comfort Woman’ Statue in Manila

May 2, 2018 11:28 pm

Hideki Yoshimura, Sankei Shimbun 1 Comment

  A female statue in Manila symbolizing “comfort women” during Japan’s occupation (1942-1945) of the Philippines during

Culture

Resurrecting Winston Churchill, and Other Stories From Japanese Special Effects Makeup Artist Kazuhiro Tsuji

April 6, 2018 7:43 pm

Yasuyuki Totsui Leave your thoughts

  A Japanese special effects makeup artist has caused a revolution in Hollywood. He is Kazuhiro Tsuji, 48, the artist [&

Blog

Where Nuclear Survivors Tell Their Stories

March 29, 2018 10:00 am

Oliver Trapnell Leave your thoughts

  Views on nuclear issues are voiced strongly in Japan, where nuclear devastation has had a direct impact on thousands [

Are Racial Stereotypes of Japanese-Americans Alive? US Congressional Hearing Sparks Debate

March 26, 2018 10:40 am

Patrick Kelly Leave your thoughts

  The subject of war-time internment of ethnic Japanese in the United States became a hot topic in the halls […]

Special Reports

History Wars: China Ignores Facts to Weaponize the Past

January 30, 2018 1:17 am

Sankei Shimbun Leave your thoughts

  Late last year, according to multiple sources, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs invited the ambassadors of at l

Special Reports

The Woman Who Opened the Path for “Visas for Life”

January 22, 2018 11:19 pm

Akira Kitade 1 Comment

  The Jewish Woman Behind the “Curaçao Visa” During World War II, Chiune Sugihara saved many Jewish refugees with “Visas

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