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COMFORT WOMEN AGREEMENT

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 24, 2019
How populism drives Seoul¡¯s ties with Tokyo
South Korean state-sponsored education and censorship help fuel biased views of Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 7, 2018
South Korea¡¯s waning interest in Japan ties
South Korean President Moon Jae-in¡¯s behavior gives no indication that he attaches importance to bilateral ties with Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Mar 25, 2017
Tillerson tells ¡®frenemies¡¯ Japan and South Korea to heal ¡®comfort women¡¯ rift
With Seoul in political paralysis and amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula, Â鶹´«Ã½ ambassador to South Korea remains in Tokyo — all because of some statues.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Feb 4, 2017
Do the memories of ¡®comfort women¡¯ matter?
It is clear that as mutual recriminations mount, the irreversible and final resolution of the ¡®comfort women¡¯ problem pledged at the end of 2015 remains elusive.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 17, 2016
Rebooting the stalled ¡®comfort women¡¯ deal
Salvaging the ¡®comfort women¡¯ agreement between Japan and South Korea may require a dramatic and seemingly outlandish decision — moving the Japanese Embassy to a different part of Seoul.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 18, 2016
Â鶹´«Ã½ foreign minister challenges use of ¡®sex slaves¡¯ term for ¡®comfort women¡¯
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida argues that ¡®comfort women¡¯ should not be described as ¡®sex slaves,¡¯ challenging widespread use of the term by Western and other media outlets.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 9, 2016
¡®Comfort women¡¯ problem requires a grand gesture
Due to his unassailable nationalist credentials, Prime Minister Abe is uniquely positioned to make a powerfully symbolic gesture of contrition.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 5, 2016
Suga rules out Taiwan talks, says Â鶹´«Ã½ ¡®comfort women¡¯ deal applies only to South Korea
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga indicates the government does not intend to launch new negotiations on the ¡®comfort women¡¯ issue with other countries after sealing a deal with South Korea.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 2, 2016
¡®15 saw Abe keep nationalism in check, reset Seoul, Beijing ties
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe¡¯s diplomatic gains last year may give him momentum for the crucial Upper House election and his life-long ambition of revising the Constitution.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 29, 2015
¡®Comfort women¡¯ deal likely to fuel Tokyo-Seoul military cooperation, aid Obama pivot
Japan and South Korea¡¯s landmark accord to end the divisive ¡°comfort women¡± dispute will lead to increased economic and military cooperation between the U.S. allies, complementing the Obama administration¡¯s efforts to counter China¡¯s rise and North Korea¡¯s nuclear saber-rattling.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

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