In Japan, many right wing revisionist groups continue to glorify its wartime legacy, seeking to validate their versions of the past however...
The ongoing political impasse between Japan’s central government in Tokyo and the Okinawa prefectural government over U.S. military basing threatens the long-term...
A bill in South Korea's parliament seeks reconciliation with Japan by resolving historical disputes - but it repeats the mistakes of past...
Kenneth Pyle's recent book on U.S.-Japan relations raises, but fails to entirely answer, important questions about the American role in democratising Japan.
Civilians killed in war are the subject of complex competing narratives - some promoted by parties as diverse as global superpowers and...
August 15 marks 73 years since Japan surrendered. The hostilities initiated by Japan since 1937 killed over 30 million – a staggering...