Feb. 25, 2015 – “China’s FM warns against whitewashing history of aggression” (Korea Herald)
“Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned against whitewashing “past crimes of aggression” at a United Nations meeting, in a thinly-veiled…
Feb. 23, 2015 – Crown Prince turns 55, calls for accounts of history to be passed down correctly (Japan Times)
“I myself did not experience the war, but it is important to look back on the past humbly and correctly…
Feb. 22, 2015 – “US art museum to return likely stolen artifact to Germany” (Associated Press)
“450-year-old German artifact that was used to tell time and to make astronomical calculations will be returned to a German…
Feb. 22, 2015 – Korean Foreign Ministry blasts Japan’s Dokdo event (Korea Herald)
“Seoul on Sunday slammed the Japanese government’s dispatch of a high-level official to a local event designed to stress its…
Feb. 22, 2015 – “Tokyo, Washington arranging for Abe to address U.S. Congress in spring” (Japan Times)
“Tokyo and Washington are in final preparations for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to address Congress during a visit to the…
Feb. 21, 2015 – “Kyoto craftsman deploys hard-glass pens in campaign for peace” (Asahi)
Seifu Kan, a 94-year-old resident of Kyoto whose hand was injured in a U.S. wartime air raid, sends his handcrafted glass…
Feb. 20, 2015 – “Putin: No One Should Have an Illusion of being Militarily Superior to Russia” (MINA)
“Russia will always find an adequate response to any pressure coming from the outside, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during…
Feb. 14, 2015 – “Toshihiro Nikai a man to watch: Influential LDP politician has inside track with S. Korea” (Asahi)
“Toshihiro Nikai, a top executive in the ruling party, has so much political clout he was recently able to pull…