japan archives — 3arabawy

Ghost in the Shell

3arabawy — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 21:41:14 +0000

Seoul court orders Japan to pay damages over wartime sexual slavery

3arabawy — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 07:23:29 +0000

The Seoul central district court on Friday said Japan was liable to compensate 12 women who were forced to work as so-called “comfort women”, in a ruling that is expected to inflict further damage on the countries’ already fraught ties.
Some historians say that as many as 200,000 women – mostly Koreans, but also Chinese, south-east Asians and a small number of Japanese and Europeans – were coerced or tricked into working in military brothels between 1932 and Japan’s defeat in 1945.

Piranhas stalk Japan river

3arabawy — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:23:03 +0000

Mono | Follow the map

3arabawy — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:52:54 +0000

Toyota City hit by recession

3arabawy — Sat, 23 May 2009 18:58:29 +0000

Agent Orange: A Personal Requiem

3arabawy — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:12:57 +0000

One of the films I watched back in California, and was very touched by, is one made by a Japanese visiting scholar, Masako Sakata, on the devestating effect of Agent Orange, used widely by the US forces in Vietnam during the war.

In the case of Masako, the film was literally a personal requiem as the tragedy was to touch her personally, with the passing away of her husband, a US Vitenam war veteran-turned-photographer and anti-war activist.