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For example, the presumption that a US House of Representatives judgment on Japanese history would be above challenge is plainly wrong. Japan will give that vote the same deference it gives to any other country that seeks to interfere in its domestic politics. (Asia Times Online)
Morris-Suzuki: Forgotten Korea Victims Mar 16, 2007
Tessa Morris-Suzuki is Professor of Japanese History and Convenor of the Division of Pacific and Asian History in the College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University. Her book Exodus to North Korea: Shadows from Japan's Cold War will be published next month at Rowman and Littlefield. (Zmag.org)
Wartime sex slavery did happen Mar 16, 2007
Fifteen years ago, a Japanese history professor's discovery of documents proving the military was involved in organised sexual slavery forced Tokyo into a landmark apology to the thousands of Korean women affected. Now, Yoshiaki Yoshimi says he is alarmed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's apparent backtracking on the issue, and accuses the Japanese leader of denying the facts when he said there was no evidence the imperial army coerced so-called "comfort women.". (iAfrica.com)
Tricky truths behind Wikipedia Mar 12, 2007
Last month, Middlebury College's history department banned the use of Wikipedia citations in exams or papers, because an error about Japanese history -- since corrected -- showed up in several exams. Last week, a prominent, pseudonymous Wiki contributor lionized by The New Yorker as a tenured professor of religion turned out to be. (Boston Globe)
* 'Comfort women' must be defended Mar 9, 2007
All its efforts, the group says, are aimed at denying the historical fact that it invaded Asian countries, smoothing over Japanese history and clearing a path toward its goal of returning to militarism. Abe's comments provoked a fierce response from the international community, as governments around the world expressed their displeasure. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Morris-Suzuki: Japan sex slaves Mar 9, 2007
Some scholars of Japanese history object to the comparison between Japanese and German attitudes to war responsibility ... German attitudes to historical responsibility are complex and divided, and moreover in Germany a key issue is responsibility for the Holocaust, which has no obvious parallel in Japanese history ... Tessa Morris-Suzuki is Professor of Japanese History and Convenor of the Division of Pacific and Asian History in the College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National... (Zmag.org)
Grey power plays the yen long game Mar 8, 2007
Ichizo Yamauchi, executive vice-president at Kokusai Asset Management, whose multi-trillion yen Global Sovereign Bond Fund is the biggest retail investment trust in Japanese history, says that, far from panicking, retail investors are bargain-hunting. They saw a big chance to invest, he says, pointing out that the price of one unit in the fund, which offers a monthly dividend of about Y40, dropped below Y8,000 on Wednesday for the first time since August. (FT.com -- Markets)
Lost Tomb of Jesus' finds 'DaVinci'-style controversy Mar 5, 2007
Tiffany had a female worker who designed many of his lamps, paintings are attributed to artist and then found top be fakes, Japanese history books omit facts about WWII, etc, etc. That said, I haven't a clue about this show. (Chicago Tribune)
Don’t get too wacky with the Wiki Feb 28, 2007
The New York Times reported last week that the history department at Middlebury College in Vermont recently banned students from citing Wikipedia on tests or in papers after half a dozen students offered up an incorrect citation from the site as an answer to an exam question on Japanese history. Then there s the fact that wiki wars occasionally break out, with articles getting edited, re-edited and reverted to previous edits dozens of times until the participants lose interest or the referees... (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
* Wikipedia on an academic hit list Feb 27, 2007
When half a dozen students in Neil Waters' Japanese history class at Middlebury College, Vermont, asserted on exams that the Jesuits supported the Shimabara Rebellion in 17th-century Japan, he knew something was wrong. The Jesuits were in "no position to aid a revolution," he said; the few of them in Japan were in hiding. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Doubting the wisdom of Wiki Feb 27, 2007
Middlebury history professor Neil Waters urged the department to adopt the policy after he found what he described as "little nuggets of misinformation ... reappearing in similar language again and again" in his students' Japanese history exams last semester. After he identified Wikipedia as the source of the misinformation, Waters wrote a policy banning Wikipedia citations but recognizing their usefulness "for some general purposes.". (The Daily Princetonian, NJ)
Women's Status in Japan Feb 26, 2007
In the ancient period of Japanese history (i. e. before the fourteenth century), husbands came to live in the houses of their new wives. (Suite101.com)
Japanese War Leaders Spied in Cold War Feb 26, 2007
The files and historians strongly suggest that American lack of knowledge about Japan or interest in war crimes committed in Asia, and a reliance on operatives' own assessment of their intelligence skills, made U.S. officials, in the words of one CIA report, "easy to fool for a time." "This was a bunch of Japanese nationalists taking the G-2 for a ride," said Carol Gluck, a specialist in Japanese history at Columbia University and adviser to the archives working group administering... (Ocnus.net)
From the CIA files Feb 25, 2007
"This was a bunch of Japanese nationalists taking the G-2 for a ride," said Carol Gluck, a specialist in Japanese history at Columbia University and adviser to the archives working group administering declassification of the papers. "One thing that was interesting was how absolutely nonsensical it was, of no use to anybody but the people involved. Almost funny in a way.". (CNN -- International)
* Sleeping with the enemy Feb 25, 2007
This was a bunch of Japanese nationalists taking the G-2 for a ride, said Carol Gluck, a specialist in Japanese history at Columbia University and adviser to the archives working group administering the papers. One thing that was interesting was how absolutely nonsensical it was, of no use to anybody but the people involved. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
History department bans citing Wikipedia Feb 25, 2007
When half a dozen students in Neil Waters Japanese history class at Middlebury College asserted on exams that the Jesuits supported the Shimabara Rebellion in 17th-century Japan, he knew something was wrong ... But the errors on the Japanese history test last semester were the last straw. (Helena Independent Record)
New front in attack on Wikipedia Feb 24, 2007
By Noam Cohen New York Times News Service When half a dozen students in Neil Waters' Japanese history class at Vermont's Middlebury College asserted on exams that the Jesuits supported the Shimabara Rebellion in 17th-century Japan, he knew something was wrong ... But the errors on the Japanese history test last semester were the last straw. (Deseret News)
EDITORIAL: Do your research Feb 23, 2007
According to a Feb. 21 New York Times article, six Middlebury College students taking a Japanese history course wrote on a test that Jesuits supported the Shimabara Rebellion ... The half-dozen Middlebury students learned that after fouling up their Japanese history exam. (Boston University Daily Free Press, MA)
Black History Month: Relevant or not? Feb 20, 2007
I don t hear too much about Japanese History month, WHITE history month, etc why do I need a month to have this crammed down my throat. Instead of Black History Month, why don t we have Tolerance month. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
'Negotiation fatigue' in six-party talks? Remember Nagasaki and Hiroshima Jan 19, 2007 Japan's royal tombs opened for inspection Jan 11, 2007
At the Nagasaki Peace Park with three Korean classmates, exchange students at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, 20-year-old Lee Eun-hyu from Seoul attributed her visit to the desire to know about Japanese history. She said she heard more news about North Korea in Japan. (Korea Herald, Korea)
more science news Jan 13, 2007
Researchers to get a bit closer to Japanese history. 10 January 2007. (Nature News Service)
Researchers to get a bit closer to Japanese history. The tomb of Emperor Nintoku is reputed to be the biggest in the world. (Nature News Service)
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