Feb. 17, 2015 – “High-ranking official to attend Takeshima Day ceremony” (Japan Times)
“The [Japanese] government is sending a high-ranking official to the ceremony this Sunday commemorating the day of Japan’s incorporation of the Takeshima…
Feb. 17, 2015 – “Abe’s View of History Clouds U.S.-Japan Ties” (WSJ)
“Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ’s view of the past is the biggest cloud hanging over the future of U.S.-Japan ties,…
Feb. 19, 2015 – “At ‘Comfort Women’ Shelter in South Korea, a Japanese Volunteer Helps Out” (WSJ/Korea Real Time)
A Japanese language teacher living in Seoul has been volunteering at a shelter for elderly women survivors, known as the “House of…
Feb. 16, 2015 – “Enmity Between South Korea, Japan Worries U.S.” (WSJ)
“Seoul’s demand for new apology over WWII ‘comfort women’ complicates regional security ties… …Polling data show that South Koreans dislike…
Feb. 14, 2015 – “Japan didn’t meddle with U.S. ‘comfort women’ textbook, envoy claims” (Japan Times)
“Ambassador to the United States Kenichiro Sasae has rejected criticism by U.S.-based historians that Japan tried to meddle with descriptions…
Feb. 14, 2015 – “Japan’s public diplomacy is expensive and errant” (Opinion, Japan Times)
By Jeff Kingston, director of Asian Studies, Temple University Japan “Global understanding does not come cheaply. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s…
Feb. 15, 2015 – Chinese Patrol Ships Enter Disputed Waters (Sputnik)
“Japanese officials cried alarm on Sunday as Chinese patrol ships entered the waters of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands, and Chinese…
Feb. 14, 2015 – “Possible subs snub seen as a blow to Japan’s shifting military posture” (The Australian)
“The confusion Tony Abbott has injected into the future submarine issue is undermining Japan’s efforts to sell a more assertive new…