colonization

Sakhalin Island: Japan’s Final Frontier

How Japan's discovery of a large northern island devastated the island's native population - and how Japan lost control when Russia muscled…

The Colonization of Hokkaido: How a “Foreign” Frontier Became Japan

How a mysterious frontier island peopled by "barbarians" became one of the four main islands of Japan - and how the original…

Killer Tee: How a South Korean Boy Band Sparked Outrage in Japan

How a t-shirt worn by a boy band member might make the bad relations between South Korea and Japan even worse.