Jan. 31, 2015 – “Japan, China agree to launch maritime, aerial crisis management mechanism” (Want China Times)
“The Chinese defense ministry said on Thursday that China and Japan have agreed to launch a maritime and aerial crisis…
Jan. 30 & Feb. 3, 2015 – U.S.-backed Japanese Operations in South China Sea?
In response to a comment to Reuters made by senior U.S. Navy officer Admiral Robert Thomas, commander of the Seventh Fleet…
Jan. 30, 2015 – “Japan, South Korea (were) about to agree on ‘comfort women’ issue, reveals memoir” (Malay Mail)
“A memoir of South Korea’s previous president Lee Myung-bak reveals Japan and South Korea were about to agree on terms…
Jan. 30, 2015 – “China vows no ‘Western values’ in universities” (Daily Mail)
“China’s education minister has vowed to ban university textbooks which promote “Western values”, state media said, in the latest sign…
Jan. 29, 2015 – “U.S. Textbook Skews History, Prime Minister of Japan Says” (NYT)
“Speaking in Parliament, Mr. Abe pledged to increase efforts to fight what he called mistaken views abroad concerning Japan’s wartime…
Jan. 29, 2015 – Reminder: voices from a conservative Japanese newspaper
Conservative/Center-right newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun calls to end “misunderstanding due to ‘comfort women’ in textbooks.” The article closes by making two assertions: first,…
Jan. 26, 2015 – “Japan Takes Soft-Power Push to U.S. Campus” (Wall Street Journal)
Japanese government’s new budget includes a $5 million grant to Columbia University in New York to fund a position for…
Jan. 22, 2015 – Korean Translation of White Paper Issued by Japan Claims Ownership over Disputed Islands (Hankyoreh)
“Japan recently published a Korean language translation of the 2014 defense White Paper referring to Dokdo (Takeshima in Japanese) as…