Hwang Sok-Yong’s novel Mater 2-10 chronicles Korean resistance to–and collaboration with–Japanese occupation.
A Mini-Revolution in Tokyo
Progressive politician Satoko Kishimoto is shaking up Japanese politics at a local level.
Commemorating the ADA and Mourning the Mass Murder of Persons with Disabilities
July 26 marks the thirty-third anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the seventh anniversary of a horrific atrocity in Japan.
The Impacts of RIMPAC on Okinawa and Japan
The latest military exercise exacerbates the patriarchal and racialized defense cooperation between Washington and Tokyo.
Does Japan Aspire to be a Superpower?
Despite its “peace constitution,” Japan has a growing military footprint.
September 11 and the Debacle of ‘Nation-Building’ in Iraq and Afghanistan
Nation-building in Afghanistan and Iraq was the resurrection of a doctrine that should have been buried after Vietnam.
Japan’s Approach to Myanmar: Diplomatic Leadership or Business as Usual?
Are sanctions or quiet engagement the best method of restoring democracy in the Southeast Asian country?
What Explains COVID’s East-West Divide?
Asia has done a much better job of containing the pandemic. Do values have anything to do with it?
Echoes of Nomonhan
A little-known 1939 battle in the Mongolian grasslands helped determine World War II and shape the current geopolitics of Northeast Asia.
The Return of the Goldilocks Apocalypse
There’s no returning to normal after Donald Trump.