Science Daily

Who are the Japanese? Huge DNA discovery rewrites history

Scientists analyzing the genomes of thousands of people across Japan discovered evidence for a previously overlooked third ...
Hyperallergic

The Untold History of Japan's Women Artists

Her Brush is kin with the growing number of women-only presentations that reveal a fact hiding in plain sight­­: great women artists existed everywhere at all times. The political and socio-historic ...
Hyperallergic

The Magnificent History of Japanese Screens

In Japan’s premodern era, people began and ended their lives surrounded by screens. Women gave birth between screens that were covered in cranes and tortoises, animals thought to bring good fortune, ...
The Diplomat

Why Can’t Japan Solve Historical Perception Issues?

Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese government, on board USS Missouri (BB-63), Sep. 2, 1945. Credit: Army Signal Corps photographer ...
The Diplomat

A Brief, Cautionary, History of Japan-US Immigration

Migration policies are influenced by a complicated mix of labor markets, geopolitics, trade and diplomacy — and often have unintended consequences. Migration policies are often formed at a confluence ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

We don’t know much about the rich history of Japanese Americans in San Diego. A local professor is trying to change that

Considering that she literally wrote the book on Japanese American history in San Diego, it’s of little surprise that San Diego City College history professor Susan Hasegawa was previously familiar ...