Japan's military leaders ordered their troops to prolong the battle. They wanted to bide time before the US attacked the main islands. Japanese officers pulled thousands of civilians into the ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login The history of official relations between Russia and Japan encompasses a period of a little more than one hundred and fifty years, but ...

and the battle scenes follow a script. This allows the crowd to cheer the participants on without worrying about their loved ones getting hurt. Below is an introduction to three of Japan’s best ...

Covered in cloying grime, Toshiko Kido kneels down to scrape away at the mud and fist-sized limestone blocks that hold an overturned Japanese military vehicle firmly in place. Using a trowel and a ...

The 2024 version focuses far more on the Japanese perspective. The white characters appearing in the first episodes ...

Language does not exist in isolation. It becomes more powerful when it is learnt in a cultural context. Courses on Japanese culture, society, literature and film will give you a rich perspective for ...

The Onomichi City Museum of Art in Japan has a cat problem. The problem is that two cats are always trying to get inside, and ...

Japan's general election on Sunday will be a ... But Ishiba still appears to be fighting an uphill battle. While some polls project the LDP and its coalition partner Komeito will maintain their ...

The renowned tourist destination of Sapporo is seen as the frontline of the breakfast war, a place where hotels are locked in a heated battle ... view of the chefs cooking up steaks of Japanese ...

The Battle of the Bay is one of the most important annual ... He’s a (sophomore) at Newport Harbor, so I have another perspective as a parent.” Richard Dunn, a longtime sportswriter, writes ...

Japan’s economy is on the cusp of a major change, emerging from its three decades of stagnation. This narrative has further solidified since our last paper. Wage growth has shot up to the highest in ...

They earned a “triple bagel” — three 6-0 sets — as CdM eased past Newport Harbor 16-2 in the first Battle of the Bay match. “It was new, but I thought we did really well together ...