(188 articles)
- The Greater East Asian War: How Japan Changed The World Chapter 8 – The United States and the Atomic Bombings of Japan
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By Kase Hideaki,
- Chapter 8 - The United States and the Atomic Bombings of Japan The unnecessary atomic bombings An atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, and three days later another was dropped on Nagasaki. In his memoirs, Freedom Betra…
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- The Greater East Asian War: How Japan Changed The World Chapter 7 – Why Do We Praise The Kamikaze?
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By Kase Hideaki,
- 1 Chapter 7 - Why Do We Praise The Kamikaze? Soviet suicide planes and German Sondercommando In 2002, I wrote the book Kamikaze: Japan's Suicide Gods in English and had it published through Longman, the United Kingdom's largest publishin…
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- The Greater East Asian War: How Japan Changed The World Chapter 6 – The Japanese Army’s “Spirit-First Policy”
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By Kase Hideaki,
- 1 Chapter 6 - The Japanese Army's "Spirit-First Policy" "Repositioning" and "honorable deaths" In August 1942, US Marines landed on the islands of Guadalcanal and neighboring Tulagi with a force of 19,000 soldiers. The Battle of Guadal…
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- The Greater East Asian War: How Japan Changed The World Chapter 5 – Freedom From Racial Discrimination
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By Kase Hideaki,
- 1 Chapter 5 - Freedom From Racial Discrimination Emperor Hirohito's thoughts on racial discrimination In the United States, Japanese people were the object of contempt and subjected to atrocious discrimination. In 1924, the United State…
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- The Greater East Asian War: How Japan Changed The World Chapter 4 – The Noble Spirit Which Inspired the People of Asia
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By Kase Hideaki,
- 1 Chapter 4 - The Noble Spirit Which Inspired the People of Asia The Battle of Imphal's critical role in Indian independence After Japan lost the war, Great Britain branded the forces of the Indian National Army, who fought at the Battle…
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- The Greater East Asian War: How Japan Changed The World Chapter 3 - The Greater East Asia Conference and the Dream of Racial Equality
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By Kase Hideaki,
- 1 Chapter 3 - The Greater East Asia Conference and the Dream of Racial Equality The abolition of the humiliating unequal treaties At the beginning of 1942, the year following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the majority of the world was stil…
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- The Greater East Asian War: How Japan Changed The World Chapter 2 – The Trap Laid by the United States
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By Kase Hideaki,
- Chapter 2 - The Trap Laid by the United States The big lie about the outbreak of the war Why is it that Japan had to fight the United States? Today many Japanese people mistakenly believe that the war with the United States was sta…
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- The Greater East Asian War: How Japan Changed The World Chapter 1 – Up to the Day Japan Surrendered
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By Kase Hideaki,
- The Greater East Asian War: How Japan Changed The World By Kase Hideaki Chapter 1 - Up to the Day Japan Surrendered How the Japanese Army fought "Why did Japan fight a war against the United States?" That is the question I ha…
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- The Origins of the US Army’s Korean Comfort Women
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By Ch’oe Kil-song,
- The Origins of the US Army's Korean Comfort Women By Ch’oe Kil-song, Professor at University of East Asia, Professor Emeritus at Hiroshima University Society …
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- The Origins of the US Army’s Korean Comfort Women (7)
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By Ch’oe Kil-song,
- (6.) The Korean War and Changes in South Korean Society South Korean society in the aftermath of World War II In 1945, Korea was liberated from Japanese colonial rule. After the end of the war, the men of my village who had been conscri…
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