Will an American president ever offer a formal apology? Will our country ever regret the dropping of “Little Boy” and “Fat Man,” those two bombs that burned hotter than the sun?
It is time activists across the globe extended solidarity to those protesting to prevent the construction of a new military base in Okinawa, who are haunted by their memories.
Japan is on the brink of changing from a pacifist state to one prepared to go to war if necessary. Now, more than ever, we must refocus international scrutiny on the country’s social movements.
Justice for sexual crimes in wartime still remains elusive for many survivors, but it's never too late. From States of Impunity.
Despite Hiroshima's scars, history cruelly reveals one instance after another in which the US elected to maintain the power of nuclear weapons for statecraft, squandering opportunities to de-escalate in favor of building the case for the national security state.
The self-immolation of a man in central Tokyo last month is the latest act of protest against Prime Minister Shinzō Abe. Japanese popular opinion remains committed to a renunciation of militarism. But Japanese elites, under cover of bland excuses and in cooperation with Washington, have set about
India's newly elected prime minister Narendra Modi and Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe enjoy a friendship which signals increasing co-operation and integration of both nations' economic and defense plans in a new regional strategic partnership.
The Japanese philosophy of gaman - dignified endurance in the face of suffering - perhaps best explains the country's unique response to national catastrophes.
Participation has become a necessary basis for institutional authority in an era of declining social mobility and government retrenchment. It has become a tool for sustaining hierarchies as much as a tool for transcending them.
From constitutional revisions to education reform, the Japanese government is intent on undoing the country's pacifist fundamentals.
As New Orleans freezes over our Sunday Comics author reflects upon his personal, ambiguous relationship with ice
February will see the final judgment in the case of Abubakar Awudu Suraj, a Ghanian national who died whilst being deported from Japan. An interview with his widow highlights States’ powers to regulate migrants' intimate relationships with their citizens.
