March 20, 2015 – “Maryland Senate adopts ‘comfort women’ resolution” (China Daily)
“A Maryland state Senate joint resolution honoring the “comfort women” in Asia and Pacific Islands during World War II was…
March 20, 2015 – “China’s ‘comfort women’” (Financial Times)
“The sound of clay pots smashing against a stone floor shattered the cold spring morning. Zhang Xiantu woke. Japanese soldiers…
March 19, 2015 – “Comfort women statue proposal riles group of Japanese Canadians in Burnaby” (Burnaby Now)
‘Comfort women’ issue a controversy in Canada too: “Tina Rafferty, a Japanese-Canadian resident, spoke with the NOW about the statue.…
March 20, 2015 – “A Strategy for Japan’s Public Diplomacy in the United States” (The Diplomat)
“Finally, while this may not be a popular topic within the Japanese government, the most productive long-term investment for Japan…
March 19, 2015 – “Rift between US allies Japan and S. Korea weighs on Obama’s Asia policy” (US News)
“The Japan-South Korea rift has complicated U.S. efforts to forge a stronger security alliance against common foe North Korea and…
March 19, 2015 – “U.S. veterans, Koreans seek conditions for Japan PM address to Congress” (Reuters)
“An organization for former U.S. prisoners of the Japanese and a Korean-American forum say Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should…
March 18, 2015 – “Japan claims disputed islands with Chinese map from 1969” (UPI)
“China’s foreign ministry has reproached the Japanese government for displaying a 1969 Chinese map of the Senkaku Islands that identifies…
March 17, 2015 – “Foreign Ministry’s 1969 China map identifies Senkaku Islands by Japanese name” (Japan TImes)
“The Foreign Ministry has published on its website a map released by a Chinese government organ in 1969 calling the…