Hundreds of Copies of Anne Frank’s Diary Vandalized in Japan
Though no one knows who is to blame, the discovery of these vandalized books deepens the sense that Japan is undergoing a pronounced right-wing turn
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Japan’s Lawmakers Launch Campaign Against ‘Comfort Women’ Memorials
A memorial in the California city of Glendale honoring women in Asia forced to work as sex slaves by the Japanese military in World War II provoked a conservative backlash in Tokyo
U.S. Rejects Japanese Broadcaster’s Claim It Used ‘Comfort Women’ in World War II
In remarks he now says he regrets, Katsuto Momii, the head of Japan’s main public broadcaster, said Japan was hardly the only nation whose soldiers forced women to work as prostitutes during World War II. It’s a claim U.S. …
In South Sudan, South Korean Peacekeepers Solicit Ammo From Bitter Rivals Japan
South Korean troops request 10,000 rounds of 5.56-mm ammunition despite an increasingly fractious relationship between East Asian neighbors