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AMERICANS

COMMENTARY / World
Feb 13, 2014
Japanese internment set for short shrift in class
Don't count on the controversial internment of loyal Japanese Americans during World War II to receive full coverage in future American high school history classes.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 20, 2013
Leon H. Sullivan Foundation: the implosion of a legacy
A soldier in olive fatigues pulled Hope Masters into a corrugated metal trailer, locked the door and dropped the key on the floor. He reeked of chewing tobacco and beer.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 9, 2013
Scrutinizing identity through one's family
Lucky great-grandfather Julius. This first member of the Helm family to settle in Japan was "as rooted in his German identity as an old oak tree." For his mixed-race descendants, life would not be so simple.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 18, 2013
'Lost generation' may learn a bit from restraint
This past decade, Americans under 35 have suffered the largest income decline of any age group. Will they view their challenges as useful someday?

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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?