2015, May Archives
【#302】China Demonstrates Capability of Bombing Guam
May 25, 2015 On May 21, Chinese air force planes flew over the Miyako Strait between Okinawa and Miyako Islands in southwestern Japan for a one-day drill in the Western Pacific for the firs...
【#301(Special)】 Prostitution Isn’t Synonymous with Human Trafficking
May 19, 2015 As for so-called comfort women who served Japanese troops during World War II, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in an interview with The Washington Post, published on March 26, “...
【#300】Environment Groups Remain Silent over China’s Reclamation
May 18, 2015 The U.S. Department of Defense has recently announced that China has expanded its land reclamation in the South China Sea to about 8 square kilometers (equivalent to the size o...
【#299】U.S. Scholars’ Statement Represents Milestone for Correcting Misunderstanding on Comfort Women
May 11, 2015 On May 5, 187 scholars of Japanese studies, most of whom are American, issued a new statement criticizing the Japanese government’s attitude over the comfort women issue. This ...
【#298】Japanese and U.S. Historians Should Hold Open Debate
May 7, 2015 Alexis Dudden, professor of history at the University of Connecticut, has contributed to the Japanese weekly magazine Shukan Kinyobi (April 10 issue) an article titled “Protesti...