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Missing links in Japan’s studies of Inner Mongolia Muslims

30th October 2015 / James Boyd / Japan

As part of its efforts to woo minority populations before and during the Second World War, Japan took a keen interest in Inner Mongolia’s Muslim population, writes JAMES BOYD. The semi-official Japanese humanitarian organisation, Zenrin kyōkai (Good Neighbour Association), was established in 1933 to provide medical assistance and educational opportunities to the Mongols and Hui […]

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Protest, voting and having a say: is the sleepy Japanese student waking up?

4th September 2015 / Stacey Steele / Japan

The lowering of Japan’s voting age, coupled with Shinzo Abe’s controversial reform agenda, may see a stirring among Japanese students.

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Japan’s unmarrieds seek new connections beyond the family

24th July 2015 / Laura Dales / Japan

With marriage rates declining in Japan, friendships are assuming greater importance, for both men and women, writes LAURA DALES. It is a fact that by now barely needs mentioning—Japan is a hyper-ageing, low-fertility society. Japanese women and men are also marrying later, and less. Those who do marry are having fewer children than in the

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History wars: Japan’s industrial heritage listings fuel controversy over Korean forced labour in WWII

21st July 2015 / David Palmer / Japan

Japan and South Korea reach a compromise of sorts over acknowledgment of Korean forced labour during the Second World War, but DAVID PALMER forsees further controversy. The history wars between Japan and South Korea continue to gather international publicity, this time focused on Koreans forcibly conscripted during the Second World War as workers in Japan’s

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Abe apology unlikely in statement to mark 70th anniversary of ending of the Pacific War

12th July 2015 / Michael Heazle / Japan

MICHAEL HEAZLE weighs the benefits of an apology from Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe next month for Japan’s actions during the Pacific War. When Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe makes his long-awaited commemorative statement to mark the 70th anniversary of the ending of the Pacific War this August, it will almost certainly be a rehearsal

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Rethinking the political in an age of disasters

12th May 2015 / Tessa Morris-Suzuki / Japan

In disaster-prone Japan, ‘living politics’ has responded when government has failed. TESSA MORRIS-SUZUKI explains. Politics is usually equated with the formal mechanisms of government: national constitutions, parliaments, cabinets, prime ministers or presidents, elections, party platforms. We also think of it as including local institutions like city councils, and international bodies like the United Nations. We

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Missing links in Japan’s studies of Inner Mongolia Muslims

Protest, voting and having a say: is the sleepy Japanese student waking up?

Japan’s unmarrieds seek new connections beyond the family

History wars: Japan’s industrial heritage listings fuel controversy over Korean forced labour in WWII

Abe apology unlikely in statement to mark 70th anniversary of ending of the Pacific War

Rethinking the political in an age of disasters

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