"Confucianism," says historian Hiroshi Watanabe, "is perhaps the most powerful political ideology yet conceived by the human race." Really? Indisputably, a set of doctrines associated with an ancient Chinese sage known in the West as Confucius (551-479 B.C.) held sway over much of East Asia for close to 2,000 years — an ...
100 YEARS AGO Friday, Sept. 28 1917 A tragic accident occurred on Sept. 20 in the village of Mizufuka, Saitama Prefecture. A man ...
You could spend your entire life in modern Japan without ever hearing the term wabi, though no overview of ...
Even though 72 years have passed since the end of World War II, for Minoru Kawaida, 85, a little known event that happened on the morning of Feb. 6, 1944, remains at the forefront of his mind. Having studied until 1 a.m., he overslept that ...
Seventy-two years after the end of World War II, many of those with first-hand experience of the conflict have either passed away or are in advanced age, prompting concerns that memories of the war will fade away with their passing. With this in mind, the ...
While a secret deal on nuclear arms had been previously acknowledged, the new document shows that Japan expressed its stance using an official diplomatic channel.
Nearly five centuries after the Philippines was first colonized and more than 70 years since it was ravaged by World War II, Corregidor Island off Manila Bay continues to offer stark memories of its past. Amid the country's evolution to a more modern society and ...
A ceremony was held in Cowra, Australia, on Saturday to commemorate those who died during a breakout of Japanese prisoners from a WWII detention camp 73 years ago. In the early hours of Aug. 5, 1944, a group of 1,104 Japanese POWs attempted to escape ...
100 YEARS AGO SUNDAY, AUG. 5, 1917 A message from Urawa states that one Miyo Sekine, a woman of 49 years, living at Hirakata-mura, Kita-Adachigori, Saitama Prefecture, committed suicide by throwing herself into a well in her neighborhood on Thursday. The woman picked up the other ...
A sense of responsibility toward survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has led a U.S. man on a lifelong journey, working to achieve the abolition of nuclear weapons and using poetry to communicate their dangers. David Krieger, 75, is the president and ...
This year marks the 130th anniversary of the start of construction of Taiwan's first railway, back when the island was part of China's Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). Among the commemorative events, Taiwanese officials earlier this year celebrated two Japanese colonial-era train stations: the main station in ...
The monk Dogen lived in dreadful times. A revolution culminating in 1185 had brought to power warriors who for centuries had served perhaps the most unwar-like aristocracy in world history, the effete but highly cultured ladies and gentlemen of the Heian Period (794-1185). ...
Louis Vuitton bags and purses are among the most luxurious brands beloved in Japan. But a recent purchase record shows that Itagaki Taisuke, a historic politician who pushed for democracy in the late 19th century, was also a Louis Vuitton fan. A record unearthed by ...
A Japanese military history buff has apparently undermined a new theory that Amelia Earhart survived a crash-landing in the Pacific Ocean during her historic attempted round-the-world flight in 1937. The history blogger has posted the same photograph that formed the backbone of a History channel ...
A Marshall Islands-based military expert has cast further doubt on claims that a blurry photograph shows famed U.S. aviatrix Amelia Earhart alive in the territory in 1937. The fate of the legendary American and her navigator, Fred Noonan, during their round-the-world flight is one of ...
