Voters head to the polls today, after two years that have seen a revival – of sorts – of nationalism in Japan. In the East Asian regional context, Japan’s changing security posture is not ...

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Across Japan, there are signs that the collective mood—long shaped by pangs of regret over World War II—is changing as tensions with rivals, especially China and South Korea, escalate.

In a pointed post promoting fruit tea, Xiang Piao Piao exploited anger over Tokyo's decision to release treated waste water from the Fukushima nuclear plant But, as with others firing up public ...

In the 20th century, Bushido concepts were expressed both through the educational system and by propagandists to fuel Japanese nationalism, as the country pursued its international ambitions and ...

that was seen by some as an effort to cement a legacy of pacifism under threat from conservative Japanese nationalists. "Looking back at the past, together with deep remorse over the war ...