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HISTORY 3

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 4, 2017
U.K. election exposes Northern Ireland's deep divisions
Political leaders in Northern Ireland are casting Thursday's British election as a referendum on whether voters want to be part of the United Kingdom or neighboring Ireland.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 4, 2017
Learn from us, Taiwan tells China on Tiananmen anniversary
Taiwan's president offered on Sunday to help China transition to democracy, on the anniversary of China's bloody crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 28, 2017
Before the White House, Kennedy was a high-school prankster
Years before he captained the torpedo boat PT-109, ran for office or set the United States on a path to put a man on the moon, President John F. Kennedy was a troublesome teen whose high jinks nearly got him kicked out of his prestigious boarding school.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
May 14, 2017
Testing time for the Constitution at 70
So you fancy yourself as a scholar on Japan's supreme law? Try testing your knowledge of the Constitution's birth with this quiz.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
May 9, 2017
Japan's little-known, but significant, role in World War I
In the midst of debates about whether the Self-Defense Forces should be dispatched to the far corners of the globe to assist a military alliance partner, an obscure episode involving the Imperial Japanese Navy a century ago in the Mediterranean Sea offers key lessons for today's politicians, bureaucrats...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 22, 2017
Could Japan become a future cultural melting pot?
Why not welcome 10 million immigrants to Japan by 2050? That's Hidenori Sakanaka's pitch, but it's a hard sell.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Apr 22, 2017
The storied history of the potato in Japanese cooking
The main clue as to when potatoes first entered Japan comes from its name in Japanese, jaga-imo.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 22, 2017
Japanese revisionist drivel exposed by former 'comfort woman'
Lee Yong-soo's is a poignant saga of abduction from her village at age 16 and ending up on an air base in Taiwan, where she was beaten and tortured until she succumbed.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 22, 2017
'Curse on This Country: The Rebellious Army of Imperial Japan': Of insubordination and the road to WWII
In "Curse on This Country: The Rebellious Army of Imperial Japan," multi-lingual Hebrew University senior lecturer Danny Orbach tracks nearly 80 years (1860-1936) of the influence of the Imperial Japanese Army's officer class on Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 21, 2017
Goodbye Lenin? Russian lawmakers introduce law to get him buried
The embalmed corpse of Vladimir Lenin has lain in a mausoleum on Red Square since his death in 1924 but now, a century after the revolution he spearheaded, legislation designed to turf him out has been introduced into the Russian parliament.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 20, 2017
Egypt unveils giant restored statue of Ramses II
Egypt has unveiled a massive granite statue of Ramses II, the most powerful and celebrated of the ancient pharaohs, after completing its restoration.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 18, 2017
Teach patriotism, not chauvinism
Despite its politically incorrect connotation today, patriotism is essential in any democratic society.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 15, 2017
Abe's self-inflicted statue wounds fester in Seoul
Abe face-planted by sending back Japan's ambassador to Seoul without resolving the statue issue, one that should never have been made into such a big deal in the first place.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 13, 2017
Researchers give voice to historic sounds of Stonehenge
If you listen carefully — and with the right app — you can still hear the prehistoric acoustics that swirled around Britain's ancient monument Stonehenge over the last 5,000 years.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Apr 12, 2017
Japanese people v. the United States et al
Stories of the Japanese people whom fate — and, more often than not, citizenship — brought before America's highest court.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 8, 2017
'By More Than Providence: Grand Strategy and American Power in the Asia Pacific since 1783': Timely lessons from history
"By More Than Providence" is an overview of U.S. strategy in the Asia-Pacific region since 1783. Michael J. Green first examines the rise of the U.S. in this arena from independence to Theodore Roosevelt. He then turns his attention to Japan in the first half of the 20th century, the Soviet Union during...
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 2, 2017
Italy wins G-7 backing for U.N. peacekeeping force for culture
The Group of Seven committed on Friday to pursuing the creation of a U.N. peacekeeping force to protect World Heritage sites from destruction in conflict and combating the trafficking of plundered treasures.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Sure, Tokyo’s trains are amazing. But are they ruining your trip?
Walking through Tokyo's varied neighborhoods and the sub-communities within them can be the best way for a tourist, even one with limited time, to take the city in.
Ishiba says LDP will not endorse some 'slush fund' lawmakers in general election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Saturday.
Important tool or alarmism? Japan experts split on megaquake advisories.
A damaged road in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 6, after a major earthquake struck the area on New Year's Day
Ishiba's U-turn on interest rates surprises market
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda ahead of their meeting on Wednesday. Ishiba's comment after the meeting that he doesn't believe Japan needs an additional interest rate hike has surprised the financial market.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Important tool or alarmism? Japan experts split on megaquake advisories.
A damaged road in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 6, after a major earthquake struck the area on New Year's Day
The Japanese tech that could one day make Southeast Asia landmine-free
Dul Saroth (left) and Soeum Samrach, deminers with the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority, practice using the Advanced Landmine Imaging System in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province in August.
At Tokyo Game Show 2024, nostalgia was king
As is the trend in movies and TV, the games with the biggest budgets at Tokyo Game Show 2024 were by and large remakes and remasters.
The forgotten Japanese naturalist who created a U.S. national park
Without Japanese outdoorsman George Masa, America might not have the Great Smoky Mountains National Park — so why do so many people in Japan not know he existed?

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Dul Saroth (left) and Soeum Samrach, deminers with the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority, practice using the Advanced Landmine Imaging System in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province in August.
The Japanese tech that could one day make Southeast Asia landmine-free
By Anton L. Delgado

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