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WWII Not Quite Over For Japan Aug. 27, 2025
Sept. 2 marks the 80th anniversary of Japan's formal World War II surrender. The capitulation was b... Read More
A Family Trip to Japan Feb. 25, 2024
By Sharon Whitley Larsen As I strolled down Chuo-Dori — the main street in Tokyo's Ginza distr... Read More
From Food to Fashion: My First (Delectable!) Trip to Japan Feb. 24, 2024
By Kalea Whitley What a great surprise I had on my 12th birthday last year. My Aunt Sharon said she ... Read More
Walk Japan to Explore the Soul of a Country Feb. 12, 2022
By Fyllis Hockman Our hotel bathroom in Kyoto was filled with conveniences that were a testament to ... Read More
The Olympic Games Remind Us of the Necessity of Nationalism Aug. 13, 2021
The recently completed Tokyo Summer Olympic Games were, in many respects, an unmitigated flop. NBC's... Read More
No Tears for Olympic Rejects Who Failed to Get Their Shots Aug. 10, 2021
We're playing the tiniest of violins for Sam Kendricks, the champion pole vaulter from Mississippi w... Read More
LYNDA HIRSCH ON TELEVISION -- GOSSIP Jul. 24, 2021
"Days of Our Lives" — and, really, all NBC programming — will be on hiatus for two weeks... Read More
Seeing Taiwan Through a Local's Eyes Dec. 06, 2020
By Gay Courter The first time I visited Taiwan at age 6 my mother was looking for my father, who had... Read More
Tokyo Is the Heart of Constantly Intriguing Japan Jan. 11, 2014
By Robert Selwitz Tokyo's 13.2 million population makes it not only Japan's largest city but one of ... Read More
About That Biden 'Gaffe' in Tokyo Dec. 10, 2013
We know that about 20,000 pseudo-, semi- and real journalists "cover" Washington. We know ... Read More
