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Comfort Women

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On November 15, 2014
The level of denial in Japan over forced prostitution, rape, and colonized Korean "comfort women" in World War II is remarkable. Instead, the Japanese government's narrative is that Japan is the victim in this story. Yeah, right. Between Germany and Japan, I know which one...

Climate

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On November 15, 2013
It should be blindingly obvious by now that no country is going to sacrifice anything meaningful, and especially economic growth, to reduce emissions enough to dent the impact of climate change. Not saying that such sacrifices would be easy or trivial. But the cost of...

Yamamoto

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In Robert Farley
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On May 21, 2013
Interesting (slightly old) piece on Isoruku Yamamoto in Japanese historical memory: Unlike the Yushukan museum at the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, the Yamamoto museum does not appear to re-write or glorify Japan’s war history. A small exhibit notes Yamamoto’s role in the attack on...

The Atom Bowl

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On January 1, 2013
Wow. One of the most bizarre episodes in the entire occupation of Japan took place less than two months later, on January 1, 1946, in Nagasaki. Back in the States, the Rose Bowl and other major college football bowl games, with the Great War over,...
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