Most Japanese No Longer See United States As Friend
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on December 19, 2018.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on December 19, 2018.
In 1993, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono made the most full-throated admission and apology acknowledging that Japan had coerced women across Asia into being sex slaves—euphemistically referred to as “Comfort Women”—for the Japanese military during the Pacific War. More recently, however, conservative politicians such as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura have engaged in a campaign that is less about carving out a path toward reconciliation than to overwrite memories of an unsavory past.
Gökberk Durmaz of the University of Tsukuba joins WTR to discuss the potential threat to Japan which is inherent in the rise of China.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on October 15, 2018.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on October 7, 2018.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on September 30, 2018.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on September 16, 2018.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on August 31, 2018.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on August 15, 2018.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on August 12, 2018.