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WORLD WAR I

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 12, 2016
Risk of war returns to Europe
Europe remains home to more than half the world's nuclear weapons, and a growing number of experts believe that the risk of a third major war there is increasing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
May 28, 2016
Understanding anti-base sentiment in Okinawa
The recent murder of a 20-year-old Okinawan woman by a civilian employee of the U.S. Kadena Air Base on Okinawa has inflamed local antipathy toward the U.S. military's presence. Sadly, this horrific crime fits into a larger pattern of sexual violence that has become all too familiar to Okinawans and...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
May 14, 2016
'Sayonara' reveals the complexity of Western fantasies about Japan
Some books enlighten us by aging badly. James A. Michener's novel "Sayonara," first published in 1953 and made into a film starring Marlon Brando four years later, has been dismissed as an example of Orientalist fantasy, with its gushing about the perfect wives that Western men find in Japan. Still,...
JAPAN / View from Osaka
May 14, 2016
Obama's Hiroshima visit sparks 'what if' questions
U.S. President Barack Obama's historic visit to Hiroshima later this month, the first ever by a sitting president, has rekindled the debate on both sides of the Pacific on what happened during the weeks leading up to the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing of the city in the closing days of World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Apr 30, 2016
The German mischief maker here; Eating in London is real problem; New effort to rectify Japan's image planned; Ad-zapping VCR gains popularity
100 YEARS AGOWednesday, May 17, 1916
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 9, 2016
The unbelievable true story of a Japanese family that went to war with itself
During the endgame of World War II, Harry Fukuhara, a member of a Japanese-American unit of the U.S. military, was tasked with teaching new recruits about the enemy. The servicemen training to invade Kyushu asked how to distinguish the Japanese from Chinese.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 9, 2016
'The Stones Cry Out' tells the history of the world through a rock fragment
A Japanese soldier's discovery in a cave during World War II — the realization that a pebble might be a microcosm of the world's entire matter — forever changes the perspective of Tsuyoshi Manase, the main character in the exquisitely written short novel "The Stones Cry Out" that earned author Hikaru...
COMMENTARY / Japan / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Mar 31, 2016
'I became temporarily blind, deaf and paralyzed'
Michi Kobi's acting career reflected the way the U.S.-Japanese relations changed over the years.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Feb 6, 2016
Students storm Diet; families flee New York amid tensions; ANA plane crashes; scores volunteer for Mideast mission
EDITORIALS
Dec 31, 2015
The 'comfort women' agreement
The 'comfort women' accord may only be the beginning of a process that will test Japan and South Korea's readiness to overcome differences and build mutual trust.
EDITORIALS
Dec 29, 2015
LDP takes aim at modern history
Does the LDP plan to use the panel to push a revisionist view of Japan's modern history and lay the groundwork for a revision of the Constitution?
COMMENTARY / Japan / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Dec 28, 2015
'Allegiance' and what it meant
The road to immigration and assimilation in America has been at times tortuous, as shown by the U.S.' treatment of Japanese nationals and Japanese-Americans during World War II.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 16, 2015
Derrick Woollacott: Lost postwar memories find the light of day
In 1942, Derrick Woollacott entered the military and ended up kickstarting his career as a photographer at age 19. Lacking formal education after 14 and the financial means to own a camera, this was his best shot.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Dec 5, 2015
Germans torpedo Yasaka Maru; Men spending more on booze; Japan, ROK restore ties; South Korea to allow singing in Japanese
100 YEARS AGOFriday, Dec. 24, 1915
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 10, 2015
The 'postwar period' isn't over
The 'history war' between Japan and China will continue as long as the two countries are unable to resolve the gap in their interests in international political terms and address the contradictions between their national interests and strategies.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Oct 31, 2015
'Allegiance' depicts the isolation and struggles of Japanese-Americans during WWII
Caswell "Cash" Harrison, the protagonist in this legal thriller set during World War II, is a fortunate young man. Fresh out of Columbia Law School, his family ties to the network of Philadelphia patricians promises him a cozy legal career. But having failed his military physical on a technicality, Harrison...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Oct 3, 2015
Listening to the wind on Battleship Island
As if from a dream, the island floated over the sea like a terra-cotta dreadnought from a century ago. I'd arrived at Gunkanjima, or Battleship Island, and its profile was unmistakable from the deck of my ferry battling high waves and winds.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 16, 2015
A crisis of shame engulfing Eastern Europe
Only when Eastern Europe comes to terms with its murderous past will its people be able to recognize their obligations to save those fleeing in the face of evil.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
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.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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