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Tag: Yasukuni Shrine

Posted inJapan

Japan’s new right flexes, snubs US, at Yasukuni shrine

by Jake Adelstein and Andrew Salmon December 9, 2021December 16, 2021

TOKYO/SEOUL – Asia’s history wars are heating up again after 99 Japanese lawmakers visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine on December 7 – the 80th anniversary of the day Japan attacked Pearl Harbor as well as American, British and Dutch forces across the Pacific, an assault that massively expanded World War II. The visitors included not […]

Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia

Japan’s ongoing battle over war commemorations

by Jake Adelstein August 15, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia

Japan’s new era pits liberal emperor against conservative prime minister

by Jake Adelstein May 5, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inNortheast Asia

Fractures opening across democratic Northeast Asia defense front

by Andrew Salmon January 29, 2019February 18, 2020
Korean boy band BTS at the 32nd Golden Disc Awards on January 10, 2018. Photo: Wikipedia
Posted inGermany, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

Apology accepted, BTS; now, what about Japan?

by Chang H. KIM November 15, 2018November 16, 2018
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi listens to a speaker at the India-Japan annual summit on September 14, 2017. Photo: AFP/Prakash Singh
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Trump, perennial problems, nudge Japan away from China

by William Pesek October 15, 2018February 18, 2020
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, center, holds a morale-boosting rally after a speech announcing his candidacy for the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election in Kagoshima Prefecture on August 26, 2018. The LDP election to decide the next PM will be held on Sept 20. Photo: AFP/ The Yomiuri Shimbu
Posted inBeijing, China, European Union, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Is third term a charm for Japan’s Abe?

by William Pesek August 27, 2018February 18, 2020

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