Sanae Takaichi’s push to revise Japan’s constitution could put an end to decades of post-war pacifism

With a strong (and resoundingly consolidated) mandate, Takaichi is now making moves to revise Japan’s Constitution, and ...
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The Postwar Japanese Home as a Laboratory for Architectural Experimentation

The Japanese House: Architecture and Life after 1945, installation view (all photos by Miles Willis / Getty Images unless noted; courtesy of Barbican Art Gallery) LONDON — In 1962, Japanese architect ...
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Ishiba's Postwar Message Analyzes Japan's Wartime Failures

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru, who is set to step down in the middle of this month, has released a “Personal Message on the 80th Anniversary of the Postwar Era.” Despite opposition from ...
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“It Has Been the Art of the Victor, Not of the Vanquished”: Volk Challenges Conceptions of Postwar Japanese Art

Postwar Japanese art has been largely misunderstood and selectively interpreted, according to Alicia Volk, professor of Japanese Art at the University of Maryland. Monday’s lecture, titled “Art in the ...