World War II

Donning the robe

By CJ • August 6, 2008

YOKOHAMA – As incense emanates from a few ceramic pots, Buddhist priest Gakushin Tsujimoto settles back on the tatami mat of Renkeiji, the temple …

New Yoshiwara soapland targets lusty middles

By Kazutaka Shimanaka • August 6, 2008

Sex businesses must constantly come up with creative new promotional ideas

Left-wing group announces Yasukuni Shrine demonstration

By CJ • July 23, 2008

TOKYO (TR) – The Anti-War Joint Action Committee will lead a one-hour protest near the grounds of the controversial Yasukuni Shrine on the morning …

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, “want to come here before going to the Kokoda Trail. Travelers will be asked by relatives in Australia to get a photo of a certain friend or family member’s grave.”

John Swope: A letter from Japan

By CJ • July 17, 2008

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

By CJ • July 8, 2008

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

The right thing: Yasukuni on the anniversary

By CJ • June 27, 2008

TOKYO – On Wednesday, August 15, the anniversary of the conclusion of World War II, great debate will once again fall upon Yasukuni Shrine …

Yuko Tojo: Grandfather not a war criminal

By CJ • June 17, 2008

The granddaughter of former wartime Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, who was hanged as a war criminal following the Tokyo tribunals, believes that modern Japan is a nation bereft of dignity.