Sanae Takaichi’s push to revise Japan’s constitution could put an end to decades of post-war pacifism

With a strong (and resoundingly consolidated) mandate, Takaichi is now making moves to revise Japan’s Constitution, and ...
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 ...
Military.com

Japan and China Commemorate World War II Anniversary on Different Dates

BENXI, China — Eighty years after the end of World War II, Japan and China are marking the anniversary with major events, but on different dates and in different ways. Japan remembers the victims in a ...
The National Interest

The Post-War US-Japan Relationship Turns 80

Eight decades since the end of the Second World War, the US-Japan alliance continues to evolve beyond its Cold War foundations. On September 2, 1945, on the deck of USS Missouri, Imperial Japan ...
The New York Times

China, Japan and a New Narrative About World War II

Arguments about history are proliferating as the postwar order led by the United States crumbles. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. In September, China held a military parade to ...
Time

How Japan’s Outgoing Leader Could Break From Tradition in Talking About World War II

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba bows to the crowd after giving a speech during the 80th anniversary ceremony of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on ...