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Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese government, on board USS Missouri (BB-63), Sep. 2, 1945. Credit: Army Signal Corps photographer ...
News Japan » History: Japan history
The academic debate over the history of the Asia-Pacific War and Japan’s colonial era has been largely resolved. So why does that history remain so politicized? Japan and South Korea are covering up ...
News Japan » History: Postwar Japan at 80: 10 factors that changed the nation forever
This year marks 80 years since Japan’s catastrophic defeat in the Asia-Pacific War. In 1945, the country lay in ruins. Millions had died in battle or in the devastating Allied bombings of Tokyo, ...
News Japan » History: Imaging Japanese History:
Sir George Sansom’s history of Japan was first published in 1932 and used in U.S. college classrooms into the 1980s. In it, he described the Tokugawa period (1603-1868) as an era of oppressive “feudal ...
News Japan » History: Ancient DNA rewrites early Japanese history -- modern day populations have tripartite genetic origin
Researchers have extracted Ancient DNA from human bones to re-write early Japanese history by underlining that modern day populations in Japan have a tripartite genetic origin -- a finding that ...
News Japan » History: History Uncovered - Kimono Dress: Japan's Clothing Revolution
The history of the Kimono Dress and the clothing revolution surrounding 19th century Japan. In the 19th century, Japan opened its doors to the world. The Kimono Dress, emblematic of a broader clothing ...
News Japan » History: Manga and the representation of Japanese history / edited by Roman Rosenbaum
Introduction: The Representation of Japanese History in Manga / Roman Rosenbaum -- Sabotaging the Rising Sun: Representing History in Tezuka Osamu's Phoenix / Rachael Hutchinson -- Reading Shōwa ...
News Japan » History: Yasukuni: caught in controversy as Japan struggles with history
Tokyo, Japan – One of the most politically-charged religious sites in Asia sits on an island of natural serenity. Yasukuni Shrine is surrounded by gingko, cypress, and maple; an abundance of green in ...