Japan

A Record of Rage and Grief by Hiroshi Hamaya, 1960

In May and June of 1960, Japan erupted into some of the largest protests in its history. The cause was…

7 months ago

Bombing of Singapore

. On 8 December 1941, seventeen Japanese bombers dropped bombs over the island of Singapore, the opening salvo in their…

2 years ago

When MacArthur Met the Emperor

Japan officially surrendered on September 2nd, 1945. What happened next was an equally interesting story. General Douglas MacArthur had landed…

12 years ago

Fukushima Nuclear Incident

When I saw conflicting reports over the exploding nuclear power plant in Japan that had been damaged by an earthquake…

13 years ago

Nagasaki, August 9th 1945

Interestingly enough, when Hiroshima was atom-bombed, the Tokyo government radio told the people that a "new type of bomb" had…

14 years ago

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…

15 years ago

Bush Vomits

On January 8th, 1992, U.S. President George H.W. Bush was in Japan as part of his 12-day trade-oriented tour through…

15 years ago

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…

15 years ago