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JAPAN / History
Jul 23, 2013
Taiwan government to use new wording for Japanese colonial period
Taiwan's Executive Yuan, or Cabinet, instructed all government agencies Monday to begin calling the 50-year Japanese colonial rule of the island as the "Japanese occupation period" in official documents.
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2013
Most new high school textbooks describe Takeshima, Senkaku Islands as Japanese
The education ministry announces that most of the new textbooks approved for use in high schools starting in April 2014 describe the Senkaku Islands and Takeshima as Japanese possessions.

Longform

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