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Donning the robe

Donning the robe

'To change a person's mind you have to take action'…

New Yoshiwara soapland targets lusty middles

New Yoshiwara soapland targets lusty middles

Sex businesses must constantly come up with creative new promotional ideas…

Left-wing group announces Yasukuni Shrine demonstration

Left-wing group announces Yasukuni Shrine demonstration

Organizers feel that they must counteract the activities of the right-wing groups prevalent in the shrine's vicinity on August 15…

The Bomana War Cemetery

Caretaker James Kuk says that there is usually one reason why people visit Bomana, a nineteen-kilometer drive outside of Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby. "Most tourists," says the groundskeeper,…

John Swope: A letter from Japan

With his Rolleiflex 75mm, Swope walked through rubble and burned-out structures and befriended Japanese both young and old alike during his three-week tour at the end of August 1945.…

Life during wartime: Vanuatu in World War II

PORT VILA – Though a young boy at the time, Wallace Andre clearly recollects that moment six decades ago when a U.S. dive bomber began to encounter trouble while paying…

The right thing: Yasukuni Shrine on the anniversary

The right thing: Yasukuni Shrine on the anniversary

Visits by members of Japan's government on August 15 to this historic rallying point for militarism raise tensions with Asian neighbors …

Yuko Tojo: Grandfather not a war criminal

Yuko Tojo: Grandfather not a war criminal

The 68-year-old ultra-nationalist believes that her grandfather's legacy has been treated inappropriately…

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