Japanese Culture and Government: How Culture Influences Politics, Governance, and Priorities
3rd Place, High School Essay Contest 2021 臭い物に蓋 — Put a lid on what smells bad. This Japanese saying reflects the nation’s culture of desiring to melt...
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Japanese Colonial Ideology in Korea (1905-1945)
Written by: Yi Wei, University of Toronto Japanese colonial ideology operated in Korea from the times of the Korean protectorate, in 1905, to the end of the Sec...
From Paris to Beijing: How the Shandong Decision Influenced the Communist Rise in China
Written by Zhou Xizhuang Michael Introduction Interpreting history is both an important and powerful process. It allows us to breathe life into dull, lifeless a...
Japanese Ninhonjinron and 1890s American Social Darwinism: Looking to the Past for a Solution to Japan’s Vicious Cycle of Homogeneity
This piece originally appeared in the Intercollegiate Issue 2017 of the Yale Review of International Studies. This piece was written by David Ta-Wei Huang, a ju...