In May and June of 1960, Japan erupted into some of the largest protests in its history. The cause was the proposed security treaty between Japan and the United States.
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Bombing of Singapore
On 8 December 1941, seventeen Japanese bombers dropped bombs over the island of Singapore, the […]
When MacArthur Met the Emperor
Japan officially surrendered on September 2nd, 1945. What happened next was an equally interesting story. […]
Fukushima Nuclear Incident
When I saw conflicting reports over the exploding nuclear power plant in Japan that had […]
Nagasaki, August 9th 1945
Interestingly enough, when Hiroshima was atom-bombed, the Tokyo government radio told the people that a […]
The Execution of Leonard Siffleet
A brutal execution in New Guinea depiction of brutal realities on the ground: in Europe, the mortality rate of the Allied POWs was 1.1%, while it was 37% for the Allied prisoners of Japanese in the Pacific.
Bush Vomits
On January 8th, 1992, U.S. President George H.W. Bush was in Japan as part of […]
Tomoko Uemura in Her Bath, 1972
For this photoessay exposing chemical pollution by a Japanese industrial giant, Gene Smith spent 3 years in Japan & was attacked by yakuza.