NHK’S CHRONIC MISINTERPRETATION OF JAPAN’S WAR HISTORY
Japanese public broadcaster NHK airs special television features about Japan’s last war every summer. But in more than a few of these features—for instance, “Japan Debut” (aired April-June, 2009)…
TOKYO MUST URGE BEIJING TO RESOLVE HONG KONG CRISIS PEACEFULLY
A week ago, on August 18, an estimated 1.7 million Hong Kong citizens took to the streets, protesting a revision of a bill aimed at extraditing suspects to mainland China. The huge turno…
ANTI-JAPANESE LIES AND DISTORTIONS IN MOON JAE-IN’S AUGUST 15 ADDRESS
Japanese-South Korean relations, alas, are at their lowest point since they normalized in 1965. And President Moon Jae-in and his administration must take the blame for it. How to handle the pres…
ASAHI FAILS TO ACCURATELY REPORT HAGYUDA STORY
I am now embroiled in an incident that reminds me how easily the truth can be twisted. As a result of an Asahi report based on my recent regular Internet news show, a rumor has spread tha…
CHINA’S DEFENSE WHITE PAPER REFLECTS BEIJING’S RESOLVE TO TRIUMPH OVER AMERICA
On July 24, China published a defense white paper for the first time since 2015. Entitled China’s National Defense in the New Era, the paper laid bare its intense rivalry with the US, taking up t…
