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VIETNAM WAR

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Oct 11, 2015
Japan’s Constitution won’t protect revolting foreigners
It's worth bearing in mind that the most prominent case concerning the constitutional rights of foreigners involved an American who got kicked out of the country for participating in antiwar protests.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Sep 16, 2015
Pentagon blocks report on 'toxic contamination' at base outside Okinawa capital
Excerpts cite buried chemicals and 'evidence of contamination by heavy metals and pesticides' at military site on prime real estate near Naha.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 4, 2015
Dinh Q. Le's art of nuanced criticism
Dinh Q. Le says he's not angry about the American war in Vietnam anymore. This makes our interview a lot easier; we are both of Vietnamese descent and there is a chance that talking about the war could polarize us very quickly, even though we are one generation removed from those that fought.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 21, 2015
'Not a hero' McCain returns fire, tells Trump to apologize to U.S. military families
Sen. John McCain urged Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday to apologize to U.S. military families for saying prisoners of war are not heroes, in his first direct response to Trump's remarks.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 20, 2015
Republican rivals: Unapologetic Trump's denial of McCain's war hero status disqualifies him
Presidential candidate Donald Trump refused on Sunday to apologize for his remarks about the war record of U.S. Sen. John McCain despite a growing firestorm among fellow Republicans, and said he had no plans to drop out of the race.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 11, 2015
Has the U.S. learned the Vietnam War's lessons?
The Vietnamese still long for U.S. acknowledgment of the wrongs it committed when it waged the Vietnam War.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 29, 2015
Vietnam still battles Agent Orange legacy 40 years on
Tan Tri doesn't know a thing about Agent Orange. But doctors say he lives with its effects every day, when he crawls off his wooden bed and waits for someone to feed him. He is 25.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 4, 2015
America's memory wars and the Vietnam debacle
April 30 marks the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, as Americans remember it — the day that the North Vietnamese army captured the capital of South Vietnam and reunified their country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Mar 10, 2015
Forty years after escaping war, 'boat people' find fortune back in Vietnam
As one of the Vietnam War's final battles raged four decades ago, Quynh Pham lay with her mother in a field covered in a stranger's blood. They survived only by pretending to be dead.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Mar 7, 2015
Battle scars: Okinawa and the Vietnam War
On March 8, 1965, the first U.S. combat troops landed in Da Nang, South Vietnam. Their arrival significantly escalated American intervention in the war which, by its end a decade later, left more than 1 million dead and countless others suffering from the legacy of post-traumatic stress disorder, unexploded...
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jan 31, 2015
German prisoners 'fare better than Russians'; Emperor urges cooperation; Sato promotes peace; Gorbachev accepts multiparty system
The German prisoners of war in Japan fare far better than the Russian ones did 10 years ago, says a high officer of the Army, and that is largely due to the decisions of the Hague Conference to pay their salaries on top of other allowances.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2014
Agent Orange ingredients found at Okinawa military dumpsite
Rusting barrels unearthed on former U.S. military land in the city of Okinawa are confirmed as containing chemical precursors to the toxic defoliant Agent Orange.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2014
Lest we forget LBJ's amazing side
Watching Robert Schenkkan's new Broadway play, 'All the Way,' is likely to remind people of how their views of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson changed during the Vietnam War era.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 17, 2014
Ailing U.S. veteran wins payout over Agent Orange exposure in Okinawa
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has granted compensation to another former service member for exposure to Agent Orange while stationed in Okinawa during the Vietnam War era, despite U.S. denials that the defoliant was ever present there.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Dec 23, 2013
Demand answers about dioxin threat at Okinawa schools
What are officials doing to ensure children are not exposed to potential contamination at Bob Hope Primary School and Amelia Earhart Intermediate School in Okinawa City? Demand school officials close the playground until the soil can be tested and remediation undertaken if necessary.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 11, 2013
Okinawa: the junk heap of the Pacific
Over the past seven decades, Okinawa's sea, land and air have been contaminated with a cocktail of toxins by the U.S. military that have poisoned Okinawan civilians and U.S. troops alike.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 4, 2013
Tragedy of America's 'good and virtuous wars'
Americans still believe in the idea of the good and virtuous war. What a dangerous idea it is.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

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