Jan. 22, 2015 – EDITORIAL: “Dark facts in Japan’s history all the more important to keep in schoolbooks” (Asahi)
“The comfort women issue is a negative legacy of Japanese history. This makes it even more important to provide students…
Nov. 24-25, 2014 – S. Korea & China make moves to push respective claims over Dokto/Takeshima & Diaoyu/Senkaku
On Monday, Nov. 24, South Korea conducted its annual or biannual defensive military drill around the Dokdo/Takeshima islets, triggering diplomatic…
Nov. 24 – “Like Japan, South Korea embroiled in textbook battle” (Japan Times)
“A 17-year-old Korean girl tortured to death for opposing Japanese colonial rulers nearly a century ago has become the latest…
Nov. 23, 2014 – “Japan-based NGO Peace Boat sets sail from Yokohama” (National Geographic)
Ideas and Insights from Explorer Joseph Hincks: “Peace Boat was founded in 1983 as a civil society response to government…
Nov. 22, 2014 – “Even on agreement document, Japan, China quarreled over English phrasing” (Asahi Shimbun)
Analysis of diplomatic language contained in document released Nov. 7. The document was intended to “smooth the way” for an ice-breaking…
Nov. 22, 2014 – “Event to cover ‘comfort women’” (Taipei Times)
Exhibition on Taiwanese “comfort women” opening in Taipei, in conjunction with International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Nov. 20, 2014 – ” Learning from S. Korean, Chinese, Japanese students’ debates” (Dong-A Ilbo)
Article by Wakamiya Yoshibumi, former chief editor of the Asahi Shimbun: tri-national debate exercise within context of “Campus Asia” program at Dongseo University, Busan,…
Nov. 19, 2014 – “Japan and China: One step forward, one step back” (Want China Times)
Editorial from Taiwan-based branch of China Times: “Japan’s attempts to downplay or even deny its atrocities during World War II…