Tag - reconciliation

 
 

RECONCILIATION

Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Sep 26, 2020
‘Reconciliation’ is an exemplar of the introspective I-novel genre
Naoya Shiga's confessional, autobiographical novella stands the test of time with its themes of relationships, grief and aging.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 13, 2020
Why Japan, South Korea and China can't put the past behind them
On the 75th anniversary of Japan's surrender, domestic politics, structure and identity continue to prevent reconciliation between the three Northeast Asian neighbors.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 30, 2017
Five private members of Reconciliation and Healing Foundation quit amid debate over 'comfort women' accord
Five of the eight directors of a foundation set up by the South Korean government to support the surviving former "comfort women" with Japanese funding are resigning, it was learned Saturday from sources familiar with the situation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2014
Free Hug activist hopes to mend fences in Asia
It was August 2011 when Koichi Kuwabara hit the streets of Seoul with a mission in mind.
COMMENTARY / World
May 11, 2014
Northern Ireland can't have peace and justice
The bleak truth is that the closest Northern Ireland will get to reconciling irreconcilable principles left over from the Troubles will be to combine a policy of no prosecutions with a tribunal to uncover the truth — along the lines of South Africa's post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 9, 2013
Mandela's walk from prison to reconciliation
Nelson Mandela's greatest legacy to South Africa, indeed the entire world, was to preach and practice reconciliation between former sworn enemies after putting 27 years in prison behind him.

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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