“The elegant flowers have long been associated with Japanese culture and aesthetics, a graceful metaphor for the ephemeral nature of life. More than a century ago, Japanese authorities gave Washington 3000 cherry trees to brighten up the city’s swampy Tidal…
“The head of a history think-tank has criticized Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for referring to women forced by his nation’s military into sexual slavery before and during World War II as victims of “human trafficking.” … “It is absolutely unacceptable…
“A university museum in Japan has broken a seven-decade taboo on discussing the dissection of live US prisoners of war by medical personnel towards the end of the Second World War.”
“The person who invited the three Vietnamese to come to South Korea was Han Hong-gu, the permanent director on the board at the Peace Museum.“Even if only to create an opportunity for Japan to acknowledge and apologize for its wrongdoing,…
“This Tomb Sweeping Day, Liu Shouben, a 92-year-old former Kuomintang soldier, can finally tell people about the bloody battles he fought against the Japanese… Liu joined the KMT, or the Chinese Nationalist Party, in the spring of 1942. He fought a…
“Palau had been forgotten by Japan,” said Minoru Ueki, 84, a former Palau ambassador to Japan. He was born in 1931 on Koror Island, Palau, to a Japanese father and Palauan mother during the Japanese mandate. He attended the same national…
“Making pressed-flower petal artwork is one technique used in psychological therapy for wartime victims like Shim. In 2011, when 29-year-old Yoon Hong-jo first saw these creations, he was immediately moved by their beauty.”
“A Japanese daily is reporting that the country’s parliament is unlikely to pass a resolution repenting for Japan’s past aggressions on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two. A Japanese official told the Mainichi Shimbun that lawmakers…
By Joseph S. Nye Jr., professor at Harvard University: “SINCE WORLD War II, the United States has been the most powerful state in world politics. Many analysts view a rising China as the most likely contender to end the American…
“Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama said Friday he is planning to attend a ceremony China will hold in September to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. “If I receive a formal invitation, I intend to go,”…
“Nancy Pelosi called for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to apologize for the Japanese military’s coercion of young Korean and other Asian women into sexual slavery during World War II.”
“Locked in an an undersea arms race with China, Taiwan has decided to build its first domestically-produced attack submarines. For two reasons. The first is that Taiwan’s ancient submarines, half of which are 70 years old, are a better fit for…
“Diplomatic tensions are rising as Japan is said to have maintained in its diplomatic blue book the territorial claim over South Korea`s easternmost islets of Dokdo, which Japan calls Takeshima.”
“Japan has continued its path as a pacifist nation for 70 years since the end of World War II based on its “deep remorse” over the war, according to a draft of the annual foreign policy report for this year…. The…
“When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses Japan’s wartime past in a statement marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, the reaction of ally Washington will likely be as much, if not more, on his mind than…
“China is trying hard to get world leaders to attend events marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Beijing this year, including a military parade, but some diplomats said President Xi Jinping could be left…
“Amid increasing Chinese assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region, Japan today sought enhanced cooperation with India in defence and security sector including in the field of maritime security.”
“In his New Year Statement, Japanese Emperor called on the Japanese people to take this year as an opportunity to study and learn from the history of the war, starting with the Manchurian Incident of 1931… Asked whether Abe will…
“Prime Minister Shinzo Abe confirmed that he described “comfort women,” mainly Asian females who were forced to provide sex to wartime Japanese soldiers, as victims of “human trafficking” in a recent interview with The Washington Post. The remarks provoked a backlash…
“As China prepares to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II with a military parade in Beijing in September, the state news media has been hammering away at a central theme underpinning the government’s narrative about…
“One of only a handful of Japanese veterans who survived the battle of Iwo Jima – one of the bloodiest campaigns of the Pacific war – spent a recent memorial service on the island alongside US veterans after being told…
“In 1990, when Ota was first elected governor of Okinawa, he began pushing for a memorial to Okinawa’s war dead. “I decided that we inscribe the names forever, since that is the only proof that they existed in this world. All…
“President Tommy Remengesau expressed gratitude for the decision by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko to visit the Pacific island nation next month on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II…“We support Japan’s efforts for trying to resolve…
“The government and Imperial Household Agency said that Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will visit Palau April 8-9 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.”