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New Publication

Posted on January 2, 2025 by kumiko-ahr

The Japanese Soldiers in the Second World War, Life on the Front Line LIT Verlag, Zürich, October 20... Read More

Society/True Info Japan

Japan’s Measures against the new Corona Virus

Posted on February 21, 2020 by kumiko-ahr

The Japanese government has not yet banned entry from China. There is an opinion that it is pointles... Read More

History/True Info Japan

Were Koreans really forced to work by Japan during Wartimes?

Posted on November 22, 2019 by kumiko-ahr

At the end of October 2018, the Korean Supreme Court ordered a Japanese firm to pay compensation to ... Read More

History/True Info Japan

Japan and Jewish Refugees during World War II _ Diplomat Chiune Sugihara (1900 – 1986)

Posted on November 4, 2019 by kumiko-ahr

Diplomat Chiune Sugihara (1900 – 1986) Sugihara was the vice consul for the Japanese consulate in Ka... Read More

History/True Info Japan

Japan and Jewish Refugees during World War II _ Lieutenant General Kiichiro Higuchi (1888 – 1970)

Posted on November 4, 2019 by kumiko-ahr

Lieutenant General Kiichiro Higuchi (1888 – 1970) Higuchi learned the Russian language during his st... Read More

History/True Info Japan

Big Difference between Maternal Empress and Female Empress

Posted on October 27, 2019 by kumiko-ahr

The 125th Emperor of Japan Akihito is going to abdicate the throne on April 30, 2019. The Crown Prin... Read More

Foreign affairs/True Info Japan

Japan’s “trade dispute” with South Korea and history

Posted on October 25, 2019 by kumiko-ahr

The current trade dispute between Japan and South Korea is reported in the context of the history of... Read More

Foreign affairs/True Info Japan

The Yasukuni Shrine Dispute – Neglecting Japan’s domestic Politics and thinking about the War Histories

Posted on August 7, 2018 by kumiko-ahr

Closing in upon Japan’s commemoration of war’s end on August 15th, the question of whether the Japan... Read More

Foreign affairs/True Info Japan

Senkaku Islands

Posted on May 29, 2018 by kumiko-ahr

The Senkaku Islands are located near Ishigaki Island in the Ryukyu Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, an... Read More

Foreign affairs/True Info Japan

Takeshima Island Issue

Posted on May 28, 2018 by kumiko-ahr

This island issue is a territorial issue between Japan and South Korea and began after the conclusio... Read More

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Kumiko Ahr
Kumiko Ahr

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