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Reflecting on Germany's coping with its Nazi past, prominent German historian Hans-Ulrich Wehler said Japan could learn from Germany in improving ties with its neighbors. Speaking on occasion of the 68th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, Wehler
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on fire this year, but prime minister Shinzo Abe won't stop with what he's gained so far. As the Nikkei finished up yet another week of solid gains by rising 2.5% over the past five days, Abe unveiled a new list of goals for his aggressive monetary
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Abe's envoy arrives in Beijing after Pyongyang trip Isao Iijima (left) shakes hands with Kim Yong Nam during a ceremony in Pyongyang, on Thursday. An aide to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday he had held sincere talks with North Korean officials
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The Booker Prize-winner The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro's most famous novel, but An Artist of the Floating World is his one book that I re-read at least once a year. Set in Japan three years after the end of the Second World War, the novel
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The illusion leads the viewer to believe that the two individuals are standing in the same depth of field, when in reality the subject is standing much closer. The trick is so convincing that someone walking across the back of the room appears to
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2013-05-17 It's About Time may be the Verve Jazz Ensemble's debut album, but the reception that these five players have received since its March release is as impressive as that awarded to the most seasoned jazz groups. Within weeks of being released
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Life in Japan just seems tailor-made for certain foreign residents, who slip into the fabric of this society as smoothly as a hand slides into a glove. American Curtis Patterson, a professional koto player and music teacher, is a case in point. Not
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Even as Europe fell deeper into what just became its longest recession since World War II, Japan posted an unexpectedly robust growth rate of 3.5 percent under the bold new stimulus measures championed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe precisely the
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Abenomics, it's working! (For those who still don't know what Abenomics is, it's the new shock stimulus from new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is using fiscal and ultra-aggressive monetary policy to juice the economy)...The yen has been felling hard,
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Enter the exhibition space and one could go back to post-World War II, when Japan boosted their economy and modernised their system. The "economic miracle" saw a new generation of artists reflecting this change through contemporary styles...This art
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