I have long been fascinated with World War II movies. Unlike literature, where the war didn't lead to as many great works as one might think, there are an amazing number of astounding World War II movies. Some were made at the time, some after...
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OK. U.S. President Donald Trump has said Japan should have shot down the North Korean missiles that flew over the country before landing in the Pacific Ocean earlier this year,.
Five years today since the Fukushima earthquake and subsequent nuclear power plant disaster. Some links for this anniversary. The power plant is still leaking radioactive substances into the ocean, although.
Setsuko Hara, one of the greatest actors in film historym has died. Hara worked with most of the great Japanese directors of the postwar era, but her finest work was in the wonderful films of Yasujiro Ozu, including the transcendent Tokyo...
187 of the world's most prominent historians of Japan have written an open letter to Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, urging that he stop whitewashing the atrocities committed by the.
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 scourge of companies subcontracting labor in order to maximize profit continues. Tokyo Electric Power Company runs the damaged Fukushima nuclear reactor. Rather than employ the cleanup workers itself, it is relying on subcontractors that, not surprisingly, cut corners on such things as keeping workers...
On February 15, 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt and the Japanese government signed the so-called "Gentlemen's Agreement" to stop the migration of Japanese to the United States. This came about after.
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.
More Farley's beat, but this footage of air warfare from Japanese archives in 1945 is pretty amazing to watch.
What a wonderful image of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense force in action! Note the sinking PLAN carrier Liaoning in the background. Obviously there's been some sort of dreadful accident--.
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.