March 13, 2015 – “Taiwan Rebuffs China’s Suggestion of Joint World War II Commemoration” (VoA)
“Taiwan has declined China’s pitch for joint participation in activities to mark the 70th anniversary of World War II’s final year.”
March 13, 2015 – “China eyes new venue for end-of-war parade” (Japan Times)
“China’s planned military parade to mark the end of World War II is likely to be held at the site Japan attacked in 1937 to trigger the Second Sino-Japanese War, according to two officials with direct knowledge of the plan. The…
March 13, 2015 – “Battlefields and bunkers: Exploring Okinawa’s World War II history” (CNN)
“With the exception of the march across the Philippine island of Luzon, the battle of Okinawa was the only major American land campaign in the Pacific during World War II…” -Christopher Dong visits war sites, museums, and memorials in Okinawa.
March 12, 2015 – “Top diplomats set to meet to discuss China, Japan, South Korea summit” (Reuters)
“The foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea are preparing to meet this month for their first talks in nearly three years, in a bid to resolve tension over Japan’s wartime past and discuss a three-way summit.”
March 11, 2015 – Analysis: “Attack on US Envoy in Seoul an Unfortunate Incident” (Eurasia Review)
“During the assault, Kim screamed a slogan in favour of reunifying the divided Korean peninsula, and later shouted his opposition to the joint US-South Korean military drills that began the same week. The annual exercises always trigger a surge in…
March 12, 2015 – “Merkel urges apology for comfort women” (Korea Joongang Daily)
“The German chancellor and a retired American lawmaker are the latest to call on Tokyo to formally apologize to the now elderly women who were forced into Japanese military brothels during World War II.”
March 11, 2015 – “INTERVIEW/ Park Yu-ha: Untangling the emotional friction over ‘comfort women'” (Asahi)
““Teikoku no Ianfu” (Comfort women of the empire) is an ambitious piece of work that has received praise by some but also been so reviled by others that the author faces legal action in South Korea.”
March 11, 2014 – Japan sincerely tackling ‘comfort women’ issue, official tells U.N. (Japan Times)
“A Japanese vice foreign minister told a U.N. meeting on the status of women on Tuesday that Japan is taking a sincere approach to the issue of “comfort women,” referring to violence against females involving the Japanese military during World…
March 12, 2015 – “U.N. chief wants Abe to deliver positive, future-oriented WWII anniversary statement” (Japan Times)
“U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed his hope of seeing “a forward-looking, future-oriented vision” in a statement Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will issue this summer to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.”