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HISTORY 3

JAPAN / Politics
May 7, 2015
187 scholars urge Abe to address Japan's wartime history
An international group of scholars of Japanese and East Asian studies have called on Tokyo to accurately address the country's history of colonial rule and wartime actions.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
May 3, 2015
Japan-U.S. effort to tell suicide pilots' stories dodges controversy, wins praise
JBC sits down for an interview with Dr. M.G. Sheftall of Shizuoka University about the kamikaze phenomenon and what makes this exhibition unique.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / They're Playing Our Song
May 3, 2015
The tune that Japan wanted after the war
Michiko Namiki (1921-2001) was a fresh face in the Japanese entertainment industry when World War II came to an end. She had lost her father and brother during the fighting, her mother in the Tokyo bombings and her first love was killed on the front lines. Her story wasn't dissimilar to that of many...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Apr 30, 2015
Portrait of Bach heading back to Leipzig
A portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach that was one of only two known to have been painted in Leipzig during his lifetime will return after more than 265 years to the German city where he worked and is buried.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 29, 2015
Former Asahi Shimbun reporter says threats against him are getting worse
A former Asahi Shimbun reporter who has sustained a spate of personal attacks relating to his coverage of so-called "comfort women" years ago says the threats against him are growing worse.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 29, 2015
Russians seethe over West's 'snub' of their WWII commemoration, fail to see link with Ukraine
One of Boris Lisitsyn's happiest memories is of being swept by a huge, joyous crowd through the streets of Moscow and onto Red Square in spontaneous celebrations when World War Two ended in Europe.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 28, 2015
Anger over sex slave issue clouds Obama Asia strategy
President Barack Obama's attempt to refocus his foreign policy on Asia is running into centuries-old animosities that are seared into the psyches of U.S. allies in the region but barely remembered by most Americans.
WORLD
Apr 26, 2015
Germany says will deny entry to some Russian Night Wolves bikers
Germany will block some members of an ultra-nationalist Russian motorcycle club from entering the country, government sources said Saturday, a day after Poland also announced an entry ban for the group which is blacklisted by the United States.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 25, 2015
Hunt for ancient royal tomb at Teotihuacan pyramid turns up mysterious mercury
A Mexican archaeologist hunting for a royal tomb in a tunnel deep beneath a pre-Aztec pyramid has made a discovery that may have brought him a step closer: liquid mercury.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 18, 2015
History problems cast a shadow over Abe's Japan
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is dogged by history problems largely because he courts controversy with his revisionist views and efforts to rehabilitate Japan's wartime past. It's not only moderates and leftists who worry about this: Liberal Democratic Party Vice-President Masahiko Komura has also urged...
WORLD
Apr 15, 2015
Flag raising at Fort Sumter recalls end of Civil War, 150 years ago
Civil War re-enactors raised an American flag at the Fort Sumter National Monument during a ceremony on Tuesday commemorating the 150th anniversary of the symbolic end to the four-year conflict in the place where it began.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 14, 2015
Possible Lincoln deathbed blanket to get DNA test 150 years after his death
A bedspread that may have covered Abraham Lincoln as he lay dying will be tested for his blood in Wisconsin on Tuesday, 150 years to the day after the 16th U.S. president was fatally shot while watching a play in Washington.
WORLD
Apr 8, 2015
German official slams Greek demands for WWII reparations as 'stupid'
Germany's economy minister branded Greece's demand for €278.7 billion in reparations from World War II as "stupid" on Tuesday, while the German opposition said Berlin should repay a forced loan dating from the Nazi occupation.

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