War spares none, and forgives few... Japan learned this the hard way after Emperor Hirohito announced the country’s surrender in August 1945. Atomic bombs turned the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki into virtual wastelands, as darkness enveloped the entire archipelago. The years following World War II were a...

It is fashionable these days—both in and outside Japan—to argue that Japan is in the process of “re-Asianization.” This view is part of the larger argument that all of Asia, including Japan, is asserting a distinct Asian identity in economic affairs, security arrangements and social and cultural values. The...

It’s a four-year-old book of poetry—a slim book, all of 90 pages, with 55 poems published in 2022, ready to be read and absorbed. And for English-proficient third-millennium Filipinos—whether aspiring for comfort or already living in ease—the images spun by 16 of the 55 poems hark back to...