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Shades of Mori Arinori

Posted on May 27, 2006 by Nick Kapur / 1 Comment

Recently the Japanese Diet has been debating several competing bills to revise the Fundamental Education Law of 1947.  One of the most contested issues is an ef...

Current/Recent Events/International Affairs/Japan/War

The Return of Uwano Ishinosuke

Posted on April 24, 2006 by Nick Kapur / 1 Comment

 Japanese World War II military stragglers are still showing up on the newswires six decades after the end of the conflict. This past week, Japan has been capti...

Academia/Cultural/Current/Recent Events/English/General/Intellectual/Japan/US-Japan

Our Future, more or less

Posted on March 26, 2006 by Jonathan Dresner / 4 Comments

The head of the Japan Foundation (to whom I, like so many, owe thanks) has made some comments on the state and future of Japan Studies. It’s his job, afte...

Archaeology/Art/Current/Recent Events/English/Japan/Korea-Japan/Museums

Monumental Repatriation

Posted on March 13, 2006 by Jonathan Dresner / 1 Comment

A Korean stone memorial commemorating victories over Hideyoshi’s armies has been returned [via] After decades of negotiations, the Bukgwan Victory Monumen...

Academia/Current/Recent Events/English/General/Japan/Memory/Web Sites

A Break With Tradition

Posted on March 9, 2006 by Jonathan Dresner / 0 Comment

I’m going to break with Frog In A Well tradition this once, and comment here on something that has almost nothing to do with Asian history. I could easily...

Academia/Archives/Current/Recent Events/English/General/Japan/Law/Libraries

Data: Personal v. Historical

Posted on February 11, 2006 by Jonathan Dresner / 2 Comments

A recent initiative in the US to limit access to birth and death records [via] along with other personal data would severely limit the ability of historical and...

Academia/Books and Articles/China-Japan/Current/Recent Events/English/International Affairs/Japan/Memory/Nationalism/Politics/昭和

Colonialogy

Posted on February 7, 2006 by Jonathan Dresner / 2 Comments

I think we need a new word for the study of colonialism, imperialism and the post-colonial discourses, pro and con. Pro? Who’s in favor of it? Well, this ...

Current/Recent Events/General/Japan/Nationalism

It’s not an institution if it doesn’t have rules….

Posted on January 2, 2006 by Jonathan Dresner / 0 Comment

Via World Press Review, an interesting account of undercurrents of opposition to changing the Imperial Household Law to allow female emperors or emperors descen...

Current/Recent Events/English/Historiography/Japan/Law/Nationalism/War/昭和

Revision and Revisionism

Posted on December 6, 2005 by Jonathan Dresner / 0 Comment

Deep in the middle of a roundtable about constitutional revision and neo-nationalism in Japan, comes a bit of discussion of historical revision and popular beli...

Current/Recent Events/English/Japan/Korea-Japan/Politics/大正/明治

Semantics and History: Did Japan “Invade” Korea?

Posted on November 26, 2005 by Jonathan Dresner / 0 Comment

Well, the obvious answer to that question is yes, but that’s not the invasion we’re talking about. Over on the Korea side, there’s a lively di...

Cultural/Current/Recent Events/English/General/Japan/Literature/US-Japan/明治

“The Apprentice”

Posted on November 3, 2005 by Jonathan Dresner / 1 Comment

I recently learned [29 October 2005 show, round 3] that I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, recently indicted for his role in, at the very least, the coverup ...

China-Japan/Current/Recent Events/English/General/International Affairs/Japan/Nationalism/Politics

Hitler Watch: Koizumi

Posted on September 21, 2005 by Jonathan Dresner / 1 Comment

Is Koizuimi Junichiro another Hitler? One former LDP’er thinks so, and Chinese academician Feng Zhaokui agrees [via]: Feng’s Fear History They both ...

Current/Recent Events/Economic/English/Events/General/Japan/Political/明治

Open Thread: Election Results

Posted on September 12, 2005 by Jonathan Dresner / 3 Comments

Lots of folks are pretty sure that the success of Koizumi’s rejuvenated LDP in yesterday’s elections [here’s a good summary] means something. ...

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