Confidential documents reveal U.S. officials failed to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan
A confidential trove of government documents obtained by The Washington Post reveals that senior U.S. officials failed to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan throughout the 18-year campaign, making rosy pronouncements they knew to be false and hiding unmistakable evidence the war had become unwinnable. The documents were generated by a federal project examining the root failures of the lon
In Japan, a scandal over a school threatens to entangle Abe
TOKYO — Japan's prime minister is facing the biggest crisis of his tenure, caught up in a burgeoning scandal that involves a shady land deal, allegations of a coverup and a kindergarten sending out notes about "wicked" Koreans and Chinese. Shinzo Abe strongly denies any wrongdoing, and his wife, Akie Abe, has resigned as “honorary principal” of the planned school at the center of the firestorm. Bu
Do Japanese really work themselves to death? In some cases, yes. - The Washington Post
KASHIWA, JAPAN — In the United States, there's no end to stories and listicles and books telling you how to work more productively so you can spend more time with your family or doing the things you love. In Japan, there’s not even a term for “work-life balance.” What there is, though, is a word for “death by overwork.” It’s “karoshi,” and it’s considered such an inevitable result of Japan’s notor
Opinion | Japan’s destructive denialism
Opinion Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events “PREPOSTEROUS,” SAID a U.S. Embassy spokesman in Tokyo. That is a charitable characterization of ahistorical and offensive statements by leaders of Japan’s public broadcasting network, NHK. First it was Katsuto Momii, the newly installed head of the network, wh
Tokyo will host 2020 Summer Olympics, beating out Istanbul and Madrid
TOKYO — Tokyo was selected as host of the 2020 Summer Olympics, setting off a celebration at dawn Sunday in a nation fighting off two decades of deflation and still recovering from a nuclear disaster. The Japanese capital easily beat out Istanbul and Madrid in an International Olympic Committee vote, having portrayed itself as the safer choice amid turmoil in the Middle East and runaway unemployme
Opinion | Japan faces history, with humility and remorse
The government of Japan has expressed its feelings of deep remorse and heartfelt apology, and it has expressed feelings of sincere mourning for all World War II victims, at home and abroad. As Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, the government's chief spokesman, explained last week, these feelings fully reflect those of the cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The government believes that it
American teacher in Japan under fire for lessons on Japan’s history of discrimination
Miki Dezaki, who first arrived in Japan on a teacher exchange program in 2007, wanted to learn about the nation that his parents had once called home. He taught English, explored the country and affectionately chronicled his cross-cultural adventures on social media, most recently on YouTube, where he gained a small following for videos like "Hitchhiking Okinawa" and the truly cringe-worthy "What
Transcript of interview with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Prime Minister Abe: I would like to thank the two of you for coming all the way to Tokyo. In this building, it used to be used previously as the prime minister's office, and I wanted to welcome you here to this building for this interview today. Next week, I will be visiting the United States and a meeting with President Obama is scheduled for [February] 22nd. On the 26th of December of last year,
In Japan, the fight over war memory has new implications
TOKYO — At a Shinto shrine here lined with cherry trees, a war museum asserts a jarring and unrepentant storyline about Japan's wartime past, brushing aside well-documented atrocities and describing its rampage through Asia as tragic but justified. The museum, making its case with videos and wall displays, says Japan “advanced through” Asia between 1931 and 1945 to protect neighboring countries fr
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