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Japan calls China's military activity its biggest strategic challenge
TOKYO -- Japan cautioned against China’s rapid acceleration of military activity stretching from its southwestern coasts to ...
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The Unexpected Friendship: How the US and Japan Transformed Into Allies
The US and Japan's alliance today is a complex and deeply rooted relationship that emerged from a dark history. After their ...
‘Utterly foolish’: 12 hours before World War II ended, the US firebombed this Japanese city
Almost 90 US B-29 bombers dropped about 6,000 tons of napalm on Kumagaya, Japan, on the night of August 14-15, 1945. Eighty years later, the scars of that American firebombing remain.
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From Enemies to Allies: The Surprising Story of US-Japan Relations
The US and Japan's alliance today is a complex and deeply rooted relationship that emerged from a dark history. After their ...
History Today: When Oppenheimer tested the first atomic bomb
The first atomic bomb, nicknamed ‘The Gadget’, was launched at the Trinity test site in Alamogordo, New Mexico, on 1945. Led ...
The One Place Where Nuclear War Isn’t Abstract
Japan is the one place in the world that has felt, and personally mourned, the staggering damage of nuclear warfare. The ...
Nagasaki A-bomb ceremony set to see record international attendance
The mayor of Nagasaki said Tuesday that a record 107 countries and regions, along with the European Union, have signaled ...
Tsukudani and hot rice: Still a go-to meal in Japan centuries after its creation
A father and son in Tokyo are continuing the centuries-old tradition of making tsukudani, a preserved Japanese food.
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A Piece of Japan’s Most Iconic Futurist Tower Just Landed at MoMA
A preserved and newly restored pod from Japan's iconic Nagakin Capsule Tower is now on view at MoMA in New York.