U.S. Occupation

Books / Reviews | ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES Nov 11, 2017

'Hiroshima Notes': Kenzaburo Oe on Hiroshima and the U.S. Occupation

by Damian Flanagan

In 1963, 28-year-old novelist and rising star Kenzaburo Oe was sent to Hiroshima to report on the rancorous split between political groups calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons. Hiroshima Notes, by Kenzaburo Oe.192 pages GROVE ATLANTIC, Nonfiction. It would be the first of multiple visits to ...

Commentary / Japan | THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK Nov 27, 2014

Censorship distortion of 'comfort women'

by Hiroaki Sato

When Toho Studios wanted to turn "The Life of an Alluring Woman" into a film, U.S. censors stepped in multiple times to demand script revisions.

The wonderful world of Japanese law: <i>Yōkoso</i> to endless discovery

Issues | LAW OF THE LAND Oct 16, 2013

The wonderful world of Japanese law: Yōkoso to endless discovery

by Colin P.A. Jones

The legal system is designed to keep the order by protecting the old. This is one of the deep structural issues that make it so hard to do new, disruptive things in Japan.