Japan is often described as having an "allergy" to anything even remotely related to nuclear weapons. This allergy sometimes extends to nonmilitary uses of nuclear technology. Even so, the Japanese government has actively pursued nuclear...

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The postage stamp controversy that had threatened to reignite lingering World War II resentment on both sides of the Pacific has instead provided a big boost to U.S.-Japanese relations, relieved Japanese officials said today. The U.S. decision to cancel a planned stamp that...

IN THE IMMEDIATE YEARS after the close of the Second World War, American and Japanese comic book/manga artists both reflected and helped shape their respective worlds of popular culture. Perhaps the picture-and-text combination of comic books/manga might best be understood as a medium...