Japan
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Exclusive Videos and Interviews
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Exclusive Videos and Interviews
this week marks the 68th anniversary of the most destructive acts in the history of human warfare, the atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima, August 6, 1945, and…
Read More >>
Hiroshima Bomb Effects
Hiroshima Bomb Effects
see Hiroshima: Hubertus Hoffmann meets the only U.S. Officer on both A-Missions and one of his Victims - 2007
Read More >>
China's Domestic Politics behind the Senkaku Incident
China's Domestic Politics behind the Senkaku Incident
There seems to be a dispute going on within the Chinese leadership overthe defense of maritime resources in the East China Sea. Since the time ofDeng Xiaoping, China has proposed…
Read More >>The Obama Administration's Security Strategy and the Japan-US Alliance
The Obama Administration's Security Strategy and the Japan-US Alliance
Due to a recent shift in American policy toward China, Okinawa is becoming of increasing strategic importance to the United States. This was manifested in the power game between Japan,…
Read More >>
The Future Direction of Japanese Diplomacy
The Future Direction of Japanese Diplomacy
Diplomatic principles As I watch the statecraft of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), whose administration came into being as a result of the first-ever drastic change of government in…
Read More >>
Russia's Far East and Japan: Obstacles to Cooperation
Russia's Far East and Japan: Obstacles to Cooperation
Russia's Far Eastern Federal District managed to record a 3.5% economic growth in 2009, although the Russian economy as a whole suffered a major setback with its real gross domestic…
Read More >>
Twin States in East Asia: Japan-ROK Relations in a New Era
Twin States in East Asia: Japan-ROK Relations in a New Era
What will the relationship between Japan and South Korea be in a generation from now? This was not an easy question to answer before democracy and market economics took root…
Read More >>
Japan Facing a New Latin America
Japan Facing a New Latin America
Japan today faces a Latin America completely different from the one it knew ten or fifteen years ago. The old Latin America was a continent of hyper inflation and turbulent…
Read More >>