Nobuko Araki's Archives
January 29, 2024 On January 24, the Seoul Western District Court acquitted a former university professor accused of defamation through a remark that wartime comfort women were a kind of prostitute...
【#1102】Seize a Chance to Rescue Japanese Abductees in N. Korea
January 9, 2024 Big changes are taking place in the international order. As the Ukraine war triggered by Russia’s aggression approaches its second anniversary next month, the situation is tou...
【#1015】Protect Cultural Assets to Prevent South Korean Thefts
February 20, 2023 On February 1, South Korea’s Daejeon High Court reversed a lower court ruling, rejecting a South Korean temple’s ownership of a Buddhist statue that had been stolen from a Japane...
【#1003】Japan Should Not Shoulder Unreasonable Responsibility
January 23, 2023 South Korea earlier this month announced a proposal for a government-affiliated foundation to pay compensation on behalf of two Japanese companies ordered by the South Korean Supr...
【#967】Don’t Forget Unidentified Japanese Abducted by North Korea
September 20, 2022 On September 17, 2002, then Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visited Pyongyang and then North Korean leader Kim Jong Il admitted and apologized for North Korea’s abduct...
【#948】Japan Should Uphold Principles in Dealing with South Korea
July 25, 2022 How would Japan-South Korea relations be in the wake of the recent South Korean government change? I would like to consider the question while reviewing the history of bilateral rela...