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How Japan used World War 1 to build an empire

Japan did not enter World War One out of loyalty or ideology. It entered because Britain gave it an opening and Germany had valuable colonies in China and the Pacific sitting exposed. Japan seized ...
The Diplomat

80 Years After WW2, Japan Again Finds Itself in Uncharted Waters

The country’s postwar history was a remarkable story of national rebirth. Now the assumptions that underpinned the last 80 years of policy are being stressed to the limit. Japanese Prime Minister ...
The New York Times

Last Soldiers of an Imperial Army Have a Warning for Young Generations

As the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches, only a few veterans of Japan’s brutal war remain. “Never die for Emperor or country,” one advised. As the 80th anniversary of the end of ...
The New York Times

Meeting the Last of Japan’s Living War Veterans

A reporter traveled to the corners of the country to meet six World War II veterans, who had a warning for generations to come. By Martin Fackler Reporting from Tokyo Times Insider explains who we are ...
Reuters

Japan minister joins crowds at contentious shrine to mark 80 years since World War Two defeat

TOKYO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Japan marked the 80th anniversary of its World War Two defeat on Friday, with at least one cabinet minister joining thousands of visitors at a shrine that Japan's Asian ...