We see lots of negative reaction to Abe’s 70th anniversary statement, both from the media and from Japan’s neighbors. But this ‘glass half-empty’ verdict “ignores the other half of a very interesting glass.” My op-ed[…]
Tag: Japan’s history problems
News roundup
On the August 15 anniversary of 70 years after the end of World War II, Abe issued his much-anticipated statement. I talked with the New York Times, Washington Post, and USA Today about the event.[…]
70 Years After
Before the confetti hit the floor on New Year’s 2015, people have been looking to August 15 and speculating how Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would handle the seventieth anniversary of the end of World[…]