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• Originally published 09/04/2014

  Liberal Nationalism Is Not Only Possible, It's Essential

  Ian Reifowitz is the author of "Obama’s America: A Transformative Vision of Our National Identity."

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• Originally published 02/11/2014

  S Korea and Japan clash over sea's name in Virginia textbooks

  An argument about what to call the sea between South Korea and Japan has spread to the United States.

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• Originally published 01/23/2014

  U.S. Should Speak Truth to Japan

  It’s time for the U.S. to get serious about reining in Japan.

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• Originally published 01/16/2014

  Japan's Resurgent Nationalism

  Shinzo Abe is a right-wing nationalist who wants to revive Japan as a "normal" military power. He has been brusque in his rhetoric and his actions.

• Originally published 07/24/2013

  Jennifer Lind: The Limits on Nationalism in Japan

  Jennifer Lind, an associate professor of government at Dartmouth, is the author of “Sorry States: Apologies in International Politics.”...[O]n Aug. 15, the 68th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in the war, many officials [including Prime Minister Shinzo Abe] are likely to visit the Yasukuni Shrine, which honors the nation’s war dead and includes among them convicted war criminals.The way Mr. Abe observes those two anniversaries will be read, especially by China and South Korea, as a measure of his attitudes toward the past and his sensitivities toward Japan’s neighbors.An episode from this spring suggests that nationalism is the last thing Japanese voters want from their government. Toru Hashimoto, the mayor of Osaka, made comments justifying the use of comfort women by citing soldiers’ hardship. “If you want them to have a rest in such a situation, a system like the ‘comfort women’ is necessary,” he said. “Anyone can understand that.”...

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• Originally published 07/19/2013

  Japan's Prime Minister is a Far-Right Nationalist

  Is it possible that the best way to win future wars is to avoid them altogether?  As simple as that question is, you will rarely hear it asked in the halls of power in Washington.