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GULF WAR

Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 21, 2022
Japan sought China and South Korea's views before 1991 SDF Gulf dispatch
Before finalizing the dispatch of SDF ships to the Persian Gulf in April 1991, Japan had, behind the scenes, sounded out other Asian nations as well on their views on such a move.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 5, 2021
The U.S. military and the Capitol mob
I saw the events of Jan. 6 as the predictable culmination of a growing disconnect between the U.S. military and civilian society.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2019
A century on, Basra's British-era shipyard going strong via vintage machinery
Begun in 1918 by British troops, Basra's shipyard is surviving into old age with little maintenance, relying on its vintage machinery and the skill of its workers to keep going.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 5, 2018
British envoy criticized Japan's role in Gulf War as 'too little, too late' in recently declassified documents
Japan's response to the Gulf War in 1990 was "too little, too late" and made the economic superpower look like a "political pygmy," according to a critical assessment by Britain's ambassador to Japan in recently declassified files.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Apr 2, 2016
Munitions orders grow; Japan, Soviet Union sign neutrality treaty; Metric system enforced; Public asked to accept gulf mission
100 YEARS AGO
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 20, 2015
Gulf War trauma kicked off Japan's retreat from pacifism in '91
As the first Gulf War raged in February 1991, Ground Self-Defense Force Maj. Nozomu Yoshitomi was supposed to be conducting war games with U.S. officers at a military facility in Tokyo. But the Americans appeared distracted, watching the conflict live on CNN. On another TV, local news showed Japanese troops sculpting ice figures at a snow festival.

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Historically, kabuki was considered the entertainment of the merchant and peasant classes, a far cry from how it is regarded today.
For Japan's oldest kabuki theater, the show must go on