Japan

How Japan and China’s History Impacts Taiwan

Wars between the Chinese and Japanese span the centuries. Their animosity is understandable, given the ongoing brutal wars and conquests.

Feminist Antipathy Toward Conservative Female Leaders

Despite claiming to stand for helping women rise to be equal with men, feminists don’t like conservative women who succeed because it’s actually about ideology.

Japan Inks Latest Tariff Deal With U.S.

Trump’s tariffs had the media screaming with panic, but given time and negotiation, they are beginning to produce the desired trade deals with important other nations.

Trump Inks New Trade Deal With Japan

The deal is good news for America’s agricultural sector and will pressure China.

Japan’s Naval Counterweight to China

Building up Japan’s navy gives the U.S. an ally that can project power in the region.

The North Korean Conundrum

After Kim Jong Un fired a missile over Japan, “all options” are on the table for the U.S. But are they really?

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Health care, HUD, immigration, Bergdahl and “Fakebook.”

How India Could Take Down China

If India and Japan work together, China’s influence can be checked.

Obama’s Hiroshima Speech Ignores Growing Nuclear Threat

The world has long disregarded the lessons from Hiroshima.

America Owes No Apologies to Japan

Obama will soon visit Hiroshima to pay respects to the dead.

Celebrating VJ Day

Seventy years ago today, the Japanese surrendered to Allied Forces.

Remembering the Japanese Surrender

China Has Its Own Horrors to Atone For

Japan’s less-than-wholehearted remorse for its World War II-era atrocities has long been an unhealed wound in its relations with its neighbors. The bruise is throbbing anew with the approach of August 15, the 70th anniversary of the announcement of Japan’s surrender. China’s ambassador to Tokyo revived the topic on July 23, when he pointedly advised Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — who plans to deliver a speech marking the anniversary — to convey genuine contrition for the suffering caused by Japan’s aggression. “We will be watching how Japan sums up its past and shows sincerity to the victimized countries,” said the ambassador. Abe and other Japanese leaders have acknowledged their country’s crimes during the war, but their apologies have tended to be grudging or awkward. Frequently they have been undermined by truculent rationalizations, or by suggestions that Japan’s ugliest wartime offenses might still be open to debate.