Masako and Irvine McConney Sr. drove from California to New York in 1955. Along the way several hotels and restaurants denied Irvine entry, so they slept and ate in the car. Courtesy of the McConney ...

Wakako Kondoh Burk at bride school in Yokosuka, Japan in 1957. The American Red Cross created “Bride Schools” to teach Japanese women how to be an “American” wife and mother. (Photo courtesy of ...

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Mina Watanabe has made it her life’s work to tell the stories of the women who were sexually enslaved by the Japanese military before and during World War II. By Vivian Morelli Reporting from Tokyo ...

From left: Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Abe Toshiko, Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Chinese Minister of ...

World War II narratives, up for grabs. In September, China held a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the ...

Takaichi has a long history of active denial of Japanese war crimes, and dismisses the facts about ‘comfort women,’ mainly ...

Unpacking the Local Impact of China’s Mega-Projects on Kyrgyzstan’s Regions The country’s postwar history was a remarkable story of national rebirth. Now the assumptions that underpinned the last 80 ...