Though no one knows who is to blame, the discovery of these vandalized books deepens the sense that Japan is undergoing a …
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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
New Major Leak at Fukushima Nuclear Plant
Worst incident since August at tsunami-hit Japanese power station
Japan’s Big Economics Experiment Needs More Experimenting
Abenomics hasn’t gone far enough to fix what ails the world’s third largest economy
At Least 11 Dead as Blizzard Hits Japan
Up to 3 ft. of snow recorded in some areas
This is the Extreme Right Wing Japanese Politician Who Has a Lot of People Worried
Toshio Tamogami lost the race for the Tokyo governorship, but his strong showing has galvanized the country’s ultra-nationalists
Japanese Broadcast Official: We Didn’t Commit War Crimes, the U.S. Just Made That Up
Japan’s top TV figures are making increasingly outrageous statements about World War II
China Denies Plan for South China Sea Defense Zone
Rumors spread by Japan, China’s foreign ministry claims
Japan’s U.S. Envoy Calls For Calm Amid Tensions With China
Kenichiro Sasae wants to see a “very constructive dialogue” in 2014
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. …
Repeat After Me, Class: The Senkaku Islands Belong to Japan
Tokyo changes textbooks to emphasize claims to disputed islands
Japan Arrests Factory Worker in Pesticide Poisoning Scandal
The worker is suspected of lacing pizza and chicken nuggets with a flea-killing chemical
Japanese Fishermen Slaughter Dozens of Dolphins
Annual hunt was subject of 2009 documentary The Cove