2012, July Archives
#151 Interpreting North Korea’s Dismissal of Army Chief
July 23, 2012 In North Korea last week, Ri Yong-ho was dismissed as chief of the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army, while Workers’ Party First Secretary Kim Jong-un was promoted from genera...
#150 Patriotism Leads to Rare Earth Discovery
July 17, 2012 Massive rare earth mud has been found at the seabed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone around the easternmost Japanese island of Minami-Torishima, some 1,800 kilometers from Japan’s H...
#149 “Modern Witch Hunting” and “A Study on Atmosphere”
July 9, 2012 “If you want to make a good magazine, you should review contents of past issues,” Shimpei Ikejima, reputed as an excellent editor for monthly Bungeishunju Magazine, told us at Bungeish...
#148 Okinawa Newspapers’ Biased Reports on Osprey
July 2, 2012 Okinawa’s two major newspapers – the Ryukyu Shimpo and Okinawa Times – have become propaganda newspapers failing to provide whole pictures of developments. Their traditional reports on...


