Hatoyama: Don’t Expect North Korea to Give Up Nuclear Weapons
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 6, 2018.
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Major GSDF Helicopter Accident in Saga
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 5, 2018.
US Marines Defy Both Tokyo and Naha
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on January 25, 2018.
“The Entire US Military is Just Crazy!”
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on January 24, 2018.
“All-Okinawa” Candidate Prevails in Nanjo City
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on January 22, 2018.
Today in Japan (12.25.17)
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on December 25, 2017.
Japanese Rightists Turn to the White House
It has been little noticed in the mainstream media, but Japanese conservatives and their allies desiring to erase the painful history of the so-called Comfort Women have been taking their campaign of denial to the US White House. They are doing this through the “We the People” online petition section of the White House official webpage.
Japan Prepares for an Island War
Japan is taking a major step in its military strategy, conducting a large-scale amphibious drill designed to put on display its ability to conquer an island. This follows Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s repeated references to the Falklands in his speeches, a polite and indirect, yet unequivocal way, of warning China that an “invasion” of the Senkaku-Diaoyu Islands would be met with an amphibious counterstrike.
