Mitoe Matsumoto was three years and four months old when an atomic bomb exploded over Nagasaki at 11.02am on 9 August 1945. Eighty-one years later, the 84-year-old Japanese survivor says the experience
More than 80 percent of the Japanese feel a sense of crisis about the impact that the country’s falling birthrate could have on society, an opinion poll by public broadcaster NHK has
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Leaders of China, Japan and South Korea will meet in Seoul from Sunday to Monday for a trilateral summit, more than four years after it was last held in 2019. The resumed
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More than 30,000 peace-seeking Japanese have participated in a massive rally in Tokyo to defend the country’s pacifist constitution, chanting “No constitutional amendments, defend the constitution, protect peace!” Japan marked the 77th
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Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa embarked on a strategic tour across the international landscape, covering significant ground from April 26 to May 6, 2024. Her journey included stops in Madagascar, Côte d’Ivoire,
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Friday commemorates Constitution Memorial Day in Japan, a day dedicated to honoring the pacifist constitution enacted in 1947, symbolizing Japan’s commitment to a post-war era of peace. The country, however, now finds
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Lou Conter, the final survivor of the USS Arizona, the battleship that was sunk during the World War II attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, died on Monday at the age of
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Japan’s Cabinet OK’d a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets to other countries on Tuesday, its latest step away from the pacifist principles the country adopted at the end of World War
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Japan is set to start its fourth round of release of the nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, local media reported. Despite
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The System A Japan Airlines Airbus A350 plane operating Flight 516 which departed from Sapporo’s New Chitose airport at 16:00 local time (07:00 GMT) on 2nd January and was scheduled to land at
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In the wake of an unfolding political funds scandal involving major factions of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), over 10 senior officials or heavyweight lawmakers have stepped down from their positions
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Recently, in Taiwan, the government unveiled its first home-built submarine. In Japan, the government will upgrade civilian airports and seaports to dual military use in preparation for conflict in Taiwan. The U.S. and allies maneuver
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On 18 August 2023, US President Joe Biden announced a “new history” at a new Camp David Summit of three countries—the United States, Japan and South Korea. The old Camp David Summit
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This week augurs an acceleration of strategic realignments among the big powers amidst growing signs of a new cold war globally with particular focus on the United States’ containment strategy against China
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On Tuesday, three more portraits of Nanjing Massacre survivors went dark at a special “lights out” ceremony to mark the recent passing of those who endured that terrible event. As the colored
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“So many ‘marutas’ died, and the Japanese soldiers were also dissected. I often wonder why on earth Unit 731 had done so many evil things?” asked a Japanese veteran who served at
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