Stories about Japan from February, 2007
China and Japan: Kokaryo
Kokaryo is one of the debates between China and Japan, and it also involves Taiwan. Mutantfrog translates an article written from a Chinese perspective on the Kokaryo issue.
Japan: birth-giving machines
Japan’s Health Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa recently called women “birth-giving machines” and got himself caught in trouble. More from Japan Probe
Japan: “Re-assess” Whaling Ban
Recently, Japan announced to host a special IWC – International Whale Commission – conference in February in order to “re-assess” the population of whales. The move has been met with...
Japan: bathhouse art
Ampotan blogs about Japan's bathhouse art, which constitutes a significant part in Japanese Art history.
Japan: forced eviction of homeless
Kamapat blogs about the recent protest of Osaka's homeless against city government's forced eviction plan (jp). There is an online petition organized by rootless.org. Interlocals.net has collected more background on...
Korea: Anarchism
Matts at Gust of popular feelings has a very interesting post about the history of Korean Anarchist movement.
Japan: Okinawa
Ampontan blogs about the history and identity of Okinawan in relation to Japan.
China and Japan: The Truth about Nanjing
Alexpappas from Japundit blogs about the history debate over the new Japanese movie “The Truth about Nanjing”.
