Edan Corkill graduated from Sydney University with a degree in Japanese Studies and has lived in Japan since 1997.
For Edan Corkill's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
100 YEARS AGO Wednesday, June 7, 1916 Aviation ace dazzles with flight over palace Aviator Art Smith carried out another flight yesterday afternoon. He flew from Aoyama at about 3 o'clock and steered his machine in the direction of the Imperial Palace flying at an altitude ...
100 YEARS AGO Wednesday, May 17, 1916 Few realize the menace of resident Germans Count Okuma, judging from his utterances a few days ago, is not unaware of the menace of the German in Japan. He says the German is to be eliminated as a factor or ...
100 YEARS AGO Tuesday, April 25, 1916 Munitions orders from Allied nations grow Orders for munitions continue to come in from the Allied countries engaged in combatting Germany, and factories in Japan are now busily engaged in the manufacture of supplies. The total value of munitions to ...
100 YEARS AGO Wednesday, March 8 1916 Outlook bleak for hotel keepers this spring The spring months are usually the busiest of the whole year for hotel keepers in the country, the number of foreigners visiting Japan in April and May for the cherry blossom season being ...
100 YEARS AGO Saturday, Feb. 19, 1916 Hundreds of students storm Lower House About 400 students of the four private law colleges in Tokyo, the Meiji, Chuo, Nippon and Hosei University's, invaded the Lower House on Thursday morning. They were led by a committee and proceeded to ...
| THE JAPAN TIMES100 YEARS AGO Friday, Jan. 14, 1916 Count Okuma survives assassination attempt Count Okuma, prime minister of Japan, had a sensational experience Wednesday night, when the veteran statesman narrowly escaped being the victim of a diabolical outrage. The count had attended a state banquet given ...
100 YEARS AGO Friday, Dec. 24, 1915 Yasaka Maru sunk without warning The head Office of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha yesterday received official confirmation of the sinking of one of the best vessels of its fleet. The message was received from the company's agents at Port Said. ...
100 YEARS AGO Thursday, Nov. 11 1915 'Divine' Coronation for Emperor Yoshihito The Coronation of His Majesty the Emperor Yoshihito, the 123rd Emperor in an unbroken line of illustrious sovereigns, was held today in the ancient Imperial Palace in Kyoto with impressive simplicity befitting the solemn occasion. The ...
100 YEARS AGO Thursday, Oct. 7, 1915 Germans at Kurume 'getting arrogant' According to a message from Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, some 700 German prisoners of war currently held at Kurume detention camp are becoming insolent. They refused to respond when the usual roll was called and burst ...
100 YEARS AGO Wednesday, Sept. 22 1915 War creates dividends for shipping company The Toyo Kisen Kaisha has to be congratulated on the prosperity of its business brought about by the war. The company, which had long been in straitened financial circumstances, is now able to ...
