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Author Archives: Todd Crowell

Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Koreans fear Fukushima radioactive water dump

by Todd Crowell August 23, 2019February 18, 2020

Japan and South Korea have found yet another front for their endless bilateral row, which already encompasses history, diplomacy, trade and security. That front is the environment – more specifically, the Pacific Ocean. The sanctity of that vast body of water is under threat given Japan’s consideration of plans to discharge into the sea millions […]

Photo: Anadolu Agency via AFP/Koji Sasahara
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia, United States, World

When an alliance is not an alliance

by Todd Crowell July 2, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, Hong Kong

All over but the shouting in HK?

by Todd Crowell June 17, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia

日本皇帝退位

by Todd Crowell May 4, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia

Japan’s emperor bows out

by Todd Crowell April 30, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia

هل العائلة المالكة اليابانية في طريقها للاندثار؟

by Todd Crowell April 6, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia

日本皇室嚴重萎縮

by Todd Crowell April 3, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia

日本宣佈新年號「令和」

by Todd Crowell April 3, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia

Japan announces era of ‘Peace and Harmony’

by Todd Crowell April 1, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia

Japan’s incredible shrinking royal house

by Todd Crowell March 31, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia, South Korea, United States, World

日本韓國發生衝突並非不可思議

by Todd Crowell February 13, 2019February 18, 2020
The Republic of Korea Navy's amphibious landing ship Dokdo under way in the Sea of Japan. Photo: Seaman Adam K Thomas / Korean Navy
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Thinking the unthinkable: A Japan-Korea clash

by Todd Crowell February 9, 2019February 18, 2020
Japan's nuclear power export business has been ravaged by the Fukushima power plant disaster. Photo: AFP / Yomiuri Shimbun
Posted inFrance, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Sun setting on Japan’s nuclear export sector

by Todd Crowell December 16, 2018February 18, 2020
日本在朝鮮半島殖民統治期間強迫勞動的受害者Kim Sung-joo於11月29日抵達首爾最高法院時被媒體包圍。法院命令一家日本工業巨頭向戰時被迫勞動的南韓人支付賠償金,這是令雙邊關係變得緊張的最新決定。相片:Jung Yeon-je / AFP
Posted inUncategorized

日韓之爭可能會爆發經濟戰爭

by Todd Crowell and Andrew Salmon December 11, 2018February 18, 2020
Kim Sung-joo, a victim of forced labor by Japan during its colonial rule of the Korean peninsula, is surrounded by media as she arrives at the Supreme Court in Seoul on November 29. It ordered a Japanese industrial giant to pay compensation over forced wartime labor, the latest decision to strain bilateral ties. Photo: Jung Yeon-je / AFP
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Seoul-Tokyo brawl could blow up into economic war

by Todd Crowell and Andrew Salmon December 7, 2018February 18, 2020
Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki, center, speaks to journalists after meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Oct 12. Photo: Eugene Hoshiko / AFP
Posted inAustralia, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, World

Mr Tamaki goes to Washington

by Todd Crowell November 14, 2018February 18, 2020
Pope Francis visits a favela in Brazil during World Youth Day 2013. Photo: Wikipedia
Posted inChina, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Missionary teachers in North Korea hit by US travel ban

by Todd Crowell October 18, 2018
A minke whale onboard the Nisshin Maru, part of the Japanese whaling fleet, at sea in Antarctic waters on September 10, 2018. Photo: AFP/Sea Shepherd Global/Glenn Lockitch
Posted inAustralia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, World

Japan loses whaling vote, but sector still afloat – just

by Todd Crowell September 19, 2018February 18, 2020
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, shakes hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on September 19, 2017, at a meeting in New York as world leaders gathered for the UN General Assembly. Photo: AFP/ Iranian Presidency handout
Posted inAT Finance, China, France, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

US zero tolerance for Iranian oil imports a blow to Japan

by Todd Crowell July 2, 2018February 18, 2020
South Korean navy vessels taking part in a naval drill off the east coast of South Korea in September last year. Photo: AFP/South Korean Defense Ministry
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Why does South Korea want a blue-water navy?

by Todd Crowell June 6, 2018February 18, 2020

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