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El final de la expansión japonesa
Ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Buscar en la ayuda El final de la expansión japonesa Autores: Aldric Hama, Jason Michael Morgan Localización: Desperta Ferro: Contemporánea, ISSN 2340-8820, Nº. 74, 2026 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Guadalcanal. El asalto de los marines), págs.
Rethinking History: Beyond the 1923 Kanto Earthquake Narrative
The sum of the parts is greater than the whole. This applies particularly to history. What we are not told or is purposely withheld from view cheapens history and adds to our misunderstanding. Revanchists go on to exploit half-a-loaf history for their own ends. Such is the case of the Korean residents killed following the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake.
Entre la espada y la pared. La política japonesa en China antes de la guerra
Ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Buscar en la ayuda
Marijuana in Japan: The Government Fights Itself Again
The Asahi Shimbun online English edition never ceases to supply bizarre, albeit sobering, highlights into the workings of the current government in Japan. On November 21, 2023, Asahi reported on the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's plan to ban the "sale, possession and use" of "hexahydrocannabishexol" (HHCH). HHCH is a synthetic compound similar to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), one of many powerful, psychoactive ingredients found in marijuana.
BOOK REVIEW | 'Irreversible Damage' and Self-Censorship in Japan
Media heavyweight Kadokawa Corporation previously planned on publishing a Japanese translation of Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze is Seducing Our Daughters (Regnery, 2020) in January 2024. The book was penned by American journalist Abigail Shrier. However, in December 2023, Kadokawa apologized and stated that it would not release the book as planned.
Hoping for Government for Solutions? First, Consider the Contradictions
I usually start my day scanning the headlines of the online English edition of the avowedly leftist newspaper, the Asahi Shimbun. I'm not necessarily looking for news or government pronouncements. I look to the Asahi to learn what is socially and politically acceptable today. On November 29, 2023, the Asahi published a story that caught my attention. It states that school children are increasingly becoming myopic, or near-sighted, over time.
BOOK REVIEW | 'Destiny: The Secret Operations of the Yodogo Exiles' by Former Propagandist Koji Takazawa
In Destiny: The Secret Operations of the Yodogo Exiles, author Koji Takazawa papers over the criminality and violence of his generation's Japanese communist terrorists. Takazawa was a communist militant during the 1960s and 1970s. Through a series of interviews, Takazawa narrates the lives of nine men following their hijacking of a Japan Airlines aircraft to North Korea in 1970. The men were members of the Japanese terrorist group, Red Army Faction (RAF).
BOOK REVIEW | 'Hideo Okamoto: Exchange Prisoner and War Plan Orange' by Claude Morita
Author Claude Morita's book is a turbid stream of consciousness with bits of disparate historical points bobbing about. Hideo Okamoto is the nominal center for Morita's stream, but there are many tributaries. Some include a declassified Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) report on the "Japanese Tokyo Club Syndicate, with Interlocking Affiliations," Morita's musings on America's wartime "concentration camps," and a listing of Japanese residents of the Crystal City, Texas (Family) Internment Camp.
The Real Value of Medicine: A Closer Look at Alzheimer's Drug Lecanemab
Irish poet Oscar Wilde stated that a cynic is someone "who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing." Deep reflection on value is needed in particular when the issue is approving new medicine for widespread use. Inevitably in such circumstances, the questions arise: How does society define what is important for its own well-being and cohesion? What are our values? Values Today, Subject to Change Tomorrow?
Why Anthony Fauci Cheapens the Order of the Rising Sun
The Order of the Rising Sun is the pinnacle of public honors in Japan. One of several people awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star (second class) on April 29, 2023, was Dr Anthony Fauci. Dr Fauci is the former head of the United States National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). But he is singularly undeserving of the Order of the Rising Sun. His award should be rescinded.
Japan's Self-Defense Force: Taking Stock Now
On April 6, a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) Black Hawk helicopter apparently crashed into the sea near Miyakojima in Okinawa Prefecture. All ten people on board were presumed killed, making this the deadliest SDF accident since 1968. Eight GSDF soldiers were killed at that time, also in a helicopter accident. The morale is to the physical as three is to one.
The Promise and Pitfalls of CRISPR Gene Editing for Human Health
The Sankei Shimbun and JAPAN Forward recently published articles on the development by academic scientists in Japan of improved methods of gene editing. Building on previous efforts centered on "clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats," or CRISPR gene editing, Kyushu University Professor Masaki Kawamata and his colleagues reported their findings in the April 2023 edition of Nature Biomedical Engineering, an international journal of science.
The Nuts, Bolts and Ethics of Animal Research in the Global Search for Cures
On February 18, 2023, the Mainichi Shimbun, English edition, claimed that "live animal testing" in Japan "drags" behind the rest of the world. That world, according to the Mainichi article, means Europe and the United States.
Beyond the Propaganda, Animal Testing Helps Save Lives
Leave it to the Mainichi Shimbun English Edition to present a steaming plate of propaganda as news. This time it's on animal testing. But first a look back two years ago, on February 6, 2021.
COVID-19 and the Common Cold: A Letter to the Ministry of Health, Labor Welfare
January 20, 2023 Dear Minister Kato, I humbly ask the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to support immediate reclassification of COVID-19, the disease caused by the so-called novel coronavirus, from a Category 2 Infectious Disease "new types of influenza" to a Category 5 Infectious Disease ー or to not at all categorize this disease. Category 2 Infectious Diseases, including diphtheria and tuberculosis, are spread through the air just like COVID-19.
BOOK REVIEW | 'Invented Traditions in North and South Korea' Edited by Andrew Jackson
Monash University Associate Professor of Korean Studies Andrew Jackson and his collaborators have put together a volume containing a few interesting facts concerning Korean "invented traditions." However, to get those rare gems, readers will need to burrow through the granite. Namely, the specialized cant and convoluted thinking that is apparently endemic to "Korean Studies" and other ethnic studies programs.
BOOK REVIEW | ‘Stalin’s War: A New History of World War II’ by Steve McMeekin
“…Harry [Hopkins] said that he’s not and that he doesn’t want anything but security for his country, and I think that if I give him everything I can and ask for nothing in return, noblesse oblige, he won’t try to annex anything and will work with me for a world of democracy and peace.” Such was President Franklin Roosevelt’s appraisal of Josef Stalin in 1943, as related to William Bullitt, former United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (p. 489).
Amazing Science: The Soil Sample from an Izu Golf Course that Changed the World
~~ ~ In October of 2021, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Dr. Syukuro Manabe as one of the recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physics for his “groundbreaking contributions” toward understanding climate change. Whether or not the many climate models of future weather developed by climate scientists demonstrate utility or not will remain unknown until the future arrives. But looking into the future is Dr. Manabe’s job.
BOOK REVIEW | Kingdom of the Sick: A History of Leprosy and Japan, by Susan L. Burns
~~ Amabie, the mythical creature that protects from pandemics. “What’s past is prologue…” The Tempest, William Shakespeare Culture and the Coronavirus Pandemic In early 2020, Western countries closed their borders, banned group activities, and ordered citizens to “shelter in place” in response to a contagious respiratory virus first identified in Wuhan, China. Following the West, much of the rest of the world shut down, too. As a result, global economic activity dipped precipitously into recession.
[Bookmark] COVID-19 and 1300 Years of Pandemic Politics in Japan: What Can We Learn?
~~ Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to a wide variety of themes. Our hope is for readers to find new depths and perspectives to explore and enjoy. . A healthcare worker receives a dose of a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 (REUTERS/Lisi Niesner) Where Is the Conservative Vaccine Policy in Japan?
How Far Has Japan Come in Controlling Pandemic? Health Ministry Should Update Its Info
~~ ~ It is hoped that Dr. Omi’s slides from 2020 are updated for two reasons. First, to demonstrate to the rest of the world that Japan is constantly assessing the latest science concerning the novel coronavirus. The second reason, probably more important, is to reassure the Japanese and English-speaking public that the government of Japan, based on its accumulated knowledge, is doing all it can to protect and promote the well-being of its citizens.
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