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Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese government, on board USS Missouri (BB-63), Sep. 2, 1945. Credit: Army Signal Corps photographer ...

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Daniel Botsman, an historian of Japan, whose interests span the period from the 17th century to the present, was recently appointed the Sumitomo Professor of History, which is intended to support ...

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South Korean president Lee Jae Myung has urged Japan to confront its colonial past, while reaffirming the need for future cooperation. In his Liberation Day address on 15 August, marking 80 years ...