May 18, 2013
OSAKA—Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto is now pointing the finger at translators as well as native speakers of Japanese for the continuing criticism over his recent comments on “comfort women,” those who were forced to provide sex to Japanese soldiers during World War II.
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May 18, 2013
The United States and Japan have reduced the alert levels for their destroyers in a further sign that the military threat from North Korea is ebbing away.
May 18, 2013
BEIJING—Special Cabinet adviser Isao Iijima has provided few details about his unannounced visit to North Korea since his return to Tokyo on May 18, but Pyongyang called it a...
May 18, 2013
Shintaro Ishihara joined the chorus of criticism against fellow Japan Restoration Party co-leader Toru Hashimoto but from a different angle: He said his political partner’s reference to Japan’s wartime aggression displayed ...
May 19, 2013
NAHA—Defoliants used by the U.S. armed forces during the Vietnam War was stored in Okinawa, according to U.S. archives and testimony of a resident in Okinawa Prefecture. However, the U.S. government said in March that...
May 11, 2013
The belly dance came originally by way of the Middle East. Amalyn Gomez came from Venezuela. The two came together in Tokyo to create a new career for the young woman who once aspired to be a computer engineer.