Why do new terrorist groups appear one after another? We asked Bob Newman, who has significant experience executing PR campaigns on behalf of US businesses operating in the Middle East. We asked Mr. B...

The rise of the Islamic State, the Syrian Civil War, Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip―why are there endless conflicts in the Middle East? In a two part series of articles, we will get to the core ...

  Why is a rise in consumption tax a bad idea? The simple answer to the question is as follows; “The consumption tax is a hurdle that puts downward pressure on economic activities. An increase in...

WWII was a battle in which the “righteous Americans defeated the axis of evil that were Japan and Germany”. This has become the “common sense” view of history in the international communit...

America says that the Second World War was a battle between “the fascism (totalitarianism) of Japan, Germany, and Italy,” and “the democracy of the States, England, China and the Sov...

We learned in school that “Japan abandoned militarism and became democratic due to the American occupation.” What were this occupational policies that changed America from an enemy nation ...

Shiro Takahashi Professor at Meisei University Born 1950, Hyogo Prefecture. After graduating from Waseda University Graduate School, became visiting researcher at Stanford University’s Hoover Re...

  Hiromichi Moteki “Society for the Dissemination of Historical Fact”, Head of Office Born 1941, Tokyo. After graduating from Tokyo University, Department of Economics, worked for Fuj...

Should the Americans Really Have Been Free of “Guilt” in WW2? Americans, who sat in judgment of the Japanese and Germans, as members of a victorious nation in WW2, regarded themselves as &...

How do Germans’ sentiments appear to the Japanese? We talked to Emi Kawaguchi-Mahn, an author living in Stuttgart, Germany with her German husband and daughters. Emi Kawaguchi-Mahn Born in Osaka...