Blunt words and keen swords Nov 10th 2012 | from the print edition DESPITE a third round of talks this week, China and Japan seem no closer to ending their stand-off over the tiny, uninhabited islands known to China as… Read More ›
Shintarō Ishihara
Ishihara: Unrepentant Japanese nationalist
Politics Oct. 26, 2012 – 06:51AM JST( 2 ) TOKYO — Shintaro Ishihara, who resigned as Tokyo governor on Thursday to return to national politics, is an unrepentant nationalist who relishes the chance to provoke the politically correct. The 80-year-old is… Read More ›
Tokyo governor risks Chinese outrage with disputed island construction plan
The hawkish governor of Tokyo intends to push ahead with a plan to construct port facilities on disputed islands, a move that would inevitably trigger renewed outrage in China. Uotsuri Island, one of disputed Senkaku islands in the East China… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 