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Tag: Rising Sun

Tokyo goes ape over new ‘comfort woman’ statue

by Andrew Salmon July 29, 2020July 29, 2020

Statues are much in the news lately. Across the West, many are tumbling, but in the East, a newly erected work of art is pouring new fuel on the ever-fiery flames of Japanese-Korean animosity. In South Korea, statues of “comfort women” – who served in Japanese wartime military brothels, many under compulsion or coercion – […]

Japanese, South Korean leaders dial down enmity

by Andrew Salmon December 24, 2019February 18, 2020

Seoul’s sport diplomacy needs to get realistic

by Ahn Jong-hwa December 10, 2019February 18, 2020

Japan’s leader confronts ‘Rising Sun’ president

by William Pesek April 21, 2018February 18, 2020

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