HIROSHIMA: HAUNTING SHADOWS OF PEOPLE KILLED BY THE BLAST
On 6 and 9 August, it will be 75 years since the US dropped atomic bombs on the…
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DEJIMA: JAPAN'S ONLY CONNECTION TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD
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The man-made island of Dejima in Nagasaki Bay I recently finally got round…
The Last Khanate
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Khanate is a Turco-Mongolian-originated word used to describe a political ent…
BATTLE OF SHIROYAMA: THE DEATH OF THE REAL LAST SAMURAI
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Saigo Takamori The Battle of Shiroyama took place on 24 September 1877 on …