Observing Japan’s intentional ‘historical amnesia’ in Hiroshima

In October 2023, I arrived in Hiroshima for a two-year stay. At first the city existed for me only as a ruined relic from ...

Hiroshima Prefecture Governor voices opposition to Takaichi’s attempt of reviewing Japan’s Three Non-Nuclear Principles: media

Another local official in Japan voiced his firm opposition on Tuesday to any attempt of reviewing Japan's long-standing Three ...
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Column: Atomic bomb survivors’ historic trip to Hawaii

Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors (“hibakusha”) will attend Pearl Harbor memorial events on Dec. 7 and will meet with the public ...
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German Baumkuchen ‘tree cake’ survived a disaster and world wars to become a Japanese favorite

Baumkuchen originated in Germany but has become a wildly popular sweet in Japan, where a prisoner of war on a small western ...