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Tsutomu Nishioka's Archives

2021.06.17 (Thu)

【#802】Epoch-making Ruling on Wartime Korean Workers in Japan

June 14, 2021 　 On June 7, the Seoul Central District Court made a just ruling on wartime Korean workers in Japan. It turned down a lawsuit in which 85 plaintiffs including former such workers sough...

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2021.05.27 (Thu)

【#796】S. Korea under Moon Rejects Value-oriented Diplomacy

May 24, 2021 　 South Korea under President Moon Jae In has rejected value-oriented diplomacy. A U.S.-South Korea summit on May 21 led me to conclude so. Refraining from criticizing China by name ...

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2021.05.24 (Mon)

【#794】Japan Should Revise Immigration Control Act

May 19, 2021 　 In the previous “Speaking Out” column dated May 17, I pointed out that discussions on a revision to Japan’s Immigration Control Act over the treatment of those avoiding deportation (f...

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2021.05.20 (Thu)

【#793】Pay Attention to National Interests in Revising Immigration Act

May 17, 2021 　 At Japan’s parliament, ruling and opposition parties have been fiercely confronting with each other on a revision to the Immigration Control Act that sets rules on the treatment of fo...

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2021.04.28 (Wed)

【#788】Appreciating Cabinet Decision to Avoid Using “Wartime Comfort Women”

April 27, 2021 　 On April 27, the Japanese government made important cabinet decisions on comfort women and wartime Korean workers issues. It concluded the word “wartime comfort women” as inappropri...

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2021.04.15 (Thu)

【#784】Normalization of South Korean Politics Still Far Away

April 12, 2021 　 On April 7, mayoral by-elections took place in Seoul and Busan to elect new mayors to serve the remaining one year of the term after sexual harassment scandals forced the Busan mayo...

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2021.03.08 (Mon)

【#769】Problematic Criticisms of U.S. Scholar’s Paper on Comfort Women

March 5, 2021 　 Harvard Law School Professor J. Mark Ramseyer’s paper titled “Contracting for sex in the Pacific War” has been criticized. The paper has been released in the Internet edition of th...

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2021.03.04 (Thu)

【#768】South Korean Defense Paper’s Pro-China, Anti-Japan Stance

March 1, 2021 　 Is South Korea being drawn by China to return to a continental power? Since its founding, South Korea, as a liberal democratic nation, has enhanced national security with its milit...

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2021.01.21 (Thu)

【#757】Behind Demotion of NK Dictator’s Sister

January 18, 2021 　 In the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea convened its eighth congress January 5 through 12. WPK Chairman Kim Jong Un read the party’s activit...

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2021.01.14 (Thu)

【#754】Unjust South Korean Court Ruling on Comfort Women

January 12, 2021 　 Another awful court ruling has come in South Korea. On January 8, the Seoul District Court ordered Japan to pay 100 million won (about $90,000) to each of 12 former comfort wome...

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