The Olympics’ Toxic Relationship: Examining S. Korea’s Issue With Food From Fukushima
The Olympics as a Political Platform If you had billions of eyes on you from around the world for...
Japan
Hibakusha: Contextualizing Japan’s Relationship with Nuclear Radiation
Introduction To Japan’s Relationship with Nuclear Radiation Across history, Japan remains a tragically unique case as the only country...
Rediscovering Ikigai: Japan’s Reevaluation of Individual Purpose
What is it that makes life worth living? What is it that drives you to keep moving forward and...
Death of a Terrace House Star: Politics and Free Speech in Japan
The sudden death of Kimura Hana, a professional wrestler, and cast on the popular Japanese reality show Terrace House:...
Irregular Residents in Japan: Forgotten Tales of Human Suffering
“Not knowing what is happening makes you crazy and terrified because you don’t know what to believe,” said an...
Nexus between the Tokyo Olympics, Coronavirus, and Politics
The COVID-19 pandemic has been making global headlines. Also commonly referred to as the coronavirus, the rapid spread of...
Korea has boycotted Japanese beer. How will I round out a 4-pack of tall cans?
Korea and Japan are squabbling again. Only this time, it’s serious. How do I know? All the Japanese beers...
Japan’s Diplomatic Vanishing Act
The diplomatic detente in Northeast Asia is currently in summit phase. Kim Jong Un has met twice with...
Korea’s Girl of Peace Statue
There is nothing comfortable about rape. It is not easy to talk about it, read about it, or remember....
Going Against the Grain: Japan’s Choice of Self-Restraint
In much of the world, the political current has changed course from globalization towards nationalism. While military spending and...