China, Japan and a New Narrative About World War II

In September, China held a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Cannon fire, fighter jets, missiles and goose-stepping troops filled Tiananmen Square in a ...
The Garden Island

ISLAND HISTORY: Japanese migration & Robert W. Irwin, ‘The Father of Japanese Immigration to Hawaii’

Japanese migration & Robert W. Irwin, ‘The Father of Japanese Immigration to Hawaii’ – Island History, Lifestyles | The Garden Island ...
Hyperallergic

The Magnificent History of Japanese Screens

In Japan’s premodern era, people began and ended their lives surrounded by screens. Women gave birth between screens that were covered in cranes and tortoises, animals thought to bring good fortune, ...
The Diplomat

Why Can’t Japan Solve Historical Perception Issues?

Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese government, on board USS Missouri (BB-63), Sep. 2, 1945. Credit: Army Signal Corps photographer ...

Haunted by History, Japanese Americans Fight Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Japanese Americans are seeing parallels between the government’s incarceration of their families during World War II and the ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

We don’t know much about the rich history of Japanese Americans in San Diego. A local professor is trying to change that

Considering that she literally wrote the book on Japanese American history in San Diego, it’s of little surprise that San Diego City College history professor Susan Hasegawa was previously familiar ...
KITV

The secret history of Japan’s best sweets

Kyushu, Japan (CNN) — There is a legend that a group of Portuguese monks were sailing to Macao when their ship hit bad weather and they landed in Nagasaki, Japan, instead. That accidental encounter ...