National Mar 27, 2019
South Korea assembly speaker again seeks Emperor's apology on 'comfort women' issue
Tokyo lodges protest with South Korean Embassy, asking for a retraction and apology over the lawmaker’s remarks.
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National / History Mar 27, 2019
Anger erupts as WWII memorial in Malaysia calls Japanese troops 'heroes'
A newly restored World War II memorial in Malaysia sparked anger and calls for its demolition Tuesday after a sign described three Japanese soldiers honored as "heroes." The Japanese occupation of Southeast Asia in the early 1940s was marked by brutality, and bitter memories still ...
National / Politics Mar 26, 2019
Lawyers seize Nachi-Fujikoshi assets in South Korea over wartime labor case
A team of lawyers representing Korean plaintiffs in an ongoing wartime labor case against Japanese machinery manufacturer Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. said Tuesday that based on a court decision they have seized assets in South Korea owned by the company. The assets were the company's stake in ...
National Mar 25, 2019
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. was hit with a similar move in January.
World Mar 25, 2019
German family to donate millions of euros after hearing extent of Nazi past
One of Germany's richest families says it plans to give millions of euros to charity after learning about ancestors who enthusiastically supported the Nazis and used forced labor. The Bild newspaper reported Sunday that documents revealed Albert Reimann Sr. and Albert Reimann Jr. used Russian ...
Books Mar 23, 2019
An impeccable new biography of Richard Sorge, one of Russia's master spies
by Kris Kosaka
Soviet spy Richard Sorge's story remains largely unknown to the Western world, but that's about to change with the publication of a remarkable new biography, "An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin's Master Agent," by Owen Matthews.
Food & Drink Mar 23, 2019
At family-run izakaya Kurasuno, the secret ingredient is a smile
by Matt Kaufman
After surviving as a prisoner of war in Krasnoyarsk, Eastern Siberia, Toyokazu Matsubara taught himself to cook and opened up an izakaya bar-restaurant, Kurasuno, which has become a multigenerational family enterprise and beloved neighborhood treasure.
National Mar 20, 2019
Museum devoted to 'visas for life' diplomat Chiune Sugihara to open in Tokyo
A museum based on the life of Chiune Sugihara (1900-1986), a Japanese diplomat who issued transit visas to thousands of Jewish people during World War II to help them escape from Nazi persecution, is set to open Saturday in the Yaesu district of Tokyo. Items ...
National Mar 18, 2019
WWII veteran's flag delivered to family in Hyogo after five-year U.S.-Japanese search
A rising sun flag left by a Japanese man who died during World War II was delivered Sunday to his family in Hyogo Prefecture after a municipal worker in Aomori Prefecture spent years trying to return it. Toshio Matsue died on Luzon in the Philippines ...
National / History Mar 17, 2019
Student-curated exhibit keeps Filipino 'comfort women' struggle alive
The opening of the exhibit was attended by five former “comfort women” from Pampanga province, north of Manila.
National / Politics Mar 14, 2019
Japan and South Korea talks end without progress on wartime labor dispute
Senior Japanese and South Korean officials failed to bridge differences in talks Thursday over the thorny issue of compensation by Japanese firms for wartime labor. In the working-level consultations in Seoul, Kenji Kanasugi, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese ...
National | Regional Voices: Hiroshima Mar 13, 2019
Is flashing the peace sign in front of the Hiroshima A-bomb memorial appropriate?
The newsroom of the Chugoku Shimbun recently received a letter of complaint from a 76-year-old whose daily ritual is to take a stroll around the Hiroshima Peace Memorial every morning. His complaint: tourists flashing the peace sign in front of the memorial. "Tourists are posing ...