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Los Angeles Times COLUMN ONE and other selected stories: Japan & Asia Return to Archive
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Japan
Could it happen again? Japan’s pacifists worry about smoldering nationalism
Yakuza on the Run Irate community battles tattooed gangsters
The value of “Gaman” Self-denial wears thin for the Japanese everyman
Hitler’s Gift to Hirohito The Axis: Odd Twins on the Ascent Japan’s Nazi embassy is an unapologetic cultural center
Literally Eating Gold A Gilded Age for Japan iFinancial Bubble cuisine: gold flakes in the sushi and sake
Loudspeakers at a Zen Garden
More Japan Stories
Okinawa
Okinawa’s Spiritual Advisors
Harrier Jets in the Backyard The New Battle of Okinawa US bases are choking Okinawa and facing local ire
Blue Coral Under Siege The Struggle in Shiraho Okinawa’s last pristine reef is endangered by pork-barrel
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Korea
The Irish of Asia
Troves of Urchins` Korea’s Henyo divers Masters of the sea – but second citizens on Land
Korean Women Despite flowering democracy, men rule in Confucian society
China & Southeast Asia
The Asahan Dam Japan Aid: the Give and Take Who really benefits from Tokyo’s $8 billion Aid Program?
Nomadic Entrepreneurs Guanxi Pays Off Networking is a way of life for the Chinese diaspora
Garbage Rivalry Fat City of Infrastructure Taiwan’s boom offers hotly contested contracts
Unsung Malaysia Chip-maker Extraordinaire Malaysia is catching up, taking the mercantile way to trade
Tiananmen Square
Fresh Recruits: Students face Young Soldiers Weary Protesters Won’t Budge from Square Workers Join Students in Solidarity Hong Kong Sees its Beijing Nightmare on TV Shanghai Returns to Chaos-as-Usual Killing Chickens to Scare the Monkeys
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