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Christian Science Monitor - Japanese Man Publicly Fights Grope Charge details
Documents how after women started speaking out, some men now fear false accusations of groping women on trains. Explores Japan's legal system and culture of losing face. (June 27, 2003)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0627/p08s01-woap.html
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Complicit Exoticism: Japan and its Other details
Examines how Japanese view eachother and how westerners have viewed Japan through the 20th century.
http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/ReadingRoom/8.2/Iwabuchi.html
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Defining Japan's Role in the Post-Taliban World Order Tokyo's Path to Great Power Status details
An essay addressing how Japan has responded and changed through the War on Terror.
http://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/discussionpapers/HamaiandMauch.html
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Freed From Captivity in Iraq, Japanese Return to More Pain details
Young Japanese civilians taken hostage and nearly killed in Iraq return home to be treated like criminals.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/23/international/asia/23JAPA.html
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Japan Under the US Nuclear Umbrella details
Investigation on the stationing of nuclear weapons in Japan on US military bases and vessels, violating Japan's stand to be a nuclear weapon free nation.
http://www.nautilus.org/archives/nukepolicy/
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Japan's Neo-Nationalism: The Role of the Hinomaru and Kimigayo Legislation details
Essay on the growing friction in the Japanese government's directives to use wartime nationalist symbols to bolster student patriotism, and their possible connotations and effects. (July, 2001)
http://www.jpri.org/publications/workingpapers/wp79.html
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Japanese Gun Control details
An article in the Asia Pacific Law Review, analyzing Japanese gun control laws and history of firearms in Japan.
http://www.guncite.com/journals/dkjgc.html
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Korean Herald - Japanese Nationalism: Old News or New Worry? details
Editorial giving a warning that there is a current radicalization of an otherwise stable and healthy Japanese nationalism, and it could cause strong friction in the future. [Free registration required]. (December 10, 2003)
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2003/12/10/200312100023.asp
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Kyodo News - Japan Ranks 14th Among OECD members in Quality of Life Survey details
Article documenting how Japan's quality of life rates compared to other countries, through factors including infant mortality, health care, education, and labor conditions. (April 2, 2004)
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/all/display.jsp?an=20040402237
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Mainichi - Schoolgirls Sniff Gold in Pantie Crackdown details
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government outlaws the trade in soiled knickers from the underaged, but some school girls see another opportunity arise. (June 19, 2004)
http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/waiwai/0406/0619sniff.html
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