'The Missionary and the Libertine': Buruma's writing is incendiary, positively fizzling with ideas
"The Missionary and the Libertine," an eclectic collection of essays by Ian Buruma, remains as readable today as when it was first published in 1996.
Ian Buruma's 'A Tokyo Romance' captures the beating heart of avant-garde Japan
Landing in the Japanese capital in 1975 was a bit of a shock. "The crowds, the noise, the visual excess" — everything seemed over-the-top.
Despite regular, if sometimes half-hearted apologies, China and South Korea have repeatedly accused Japan of being unrepentant and insincere in its attitude to World War II. The nation's acceptance of defeat and acknowledgment or denial of guilt is most often compared with that of ...
Number of scholars to sign statement urging Japan to address its wartime past tops 450
The number of academics who have signed a statement urging Japan to address its wartime past has more than doubled since its publication two weeks ago, a scholar who leads the initiative said Tuesday. Mark Selden, a senior research associate at Cornell University, said the ...
