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Inhae reads the News: October 2019
I have chosen two topics for this month’s article: anti-Korean sentiment in Japan and the re-opening of the exhibition 表現の不自由展・その後 of the Aichi Triennale.
Currently reading: 「朝鮮開国と日清戦争」by 渡辺惣樹
Some days ago, I saw this book piled up in a bookshop in Seoul: 「朝鮮開国と日清戦争 アメリカはなぜ日本を支持し、朝鮮を見限ったか」by 渡辺惣樹 (わたなべ・そうき) [caption id="attachment_12361" align="alignleft" width="205"] 「朝鮮開国と日清戦争」by 渡辺惣樹 (草思社文庫)[/caption] They have a decent selection of non-fiction books in Japanese, but not so much space that they would pile up a lot of titles. So naturally, my attention was drawn to this..
Japanese News: Japan women’s ice hockey: first Olympic win!
Today, I will study an article about Wednesday women ice hockey game where Japan beat the unified Korean team 4-1. The context South Korea and North Korea have created a unified team in women's ice hockey for Pyeongchang Olympics. The unified Korean team was defeated 8-0 by both Switzerland and Sweden and Wednesday's game against Japan..
Japanese News: North Korean in Pyeongchang
Some hours before the opening ceremony of Pyeongchang Olympics, I have chosen an article about North Korea's delegation. Link to the article: “米側と会わない” 北朝鮮 米副大統領と接触の可能性否定 This article mainly tells us that the delegation sent by North Korea to Pyeongchang will not take the Olympics as an opportunity to meet with Vice President Mike Pence or other..
Japanese News: Moon Jae-in and the comfort women agreement.
Several articles on NHK News Web (main source) discuss South Korea President Moon Jae-in's press conference that took place on January 10th. 記者会見・きしゃかいけん: press conference Of course, Japan media were closely watching what Moon Jae-in would say about the Japan-Korea agreement on the comfort women issue that was signed in 2015 by the two governments...
Japanese News: France not going to Pyeongchang?
I was very surprised when opening Asahi website this morning to see an article stating that France may not attend the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang if the relationship with North Korea gets worse. Let's analyse Asahi's article Link to the article The title is not difficult to understand: フランス、平昌五輪不参加の可能性も 北朝鮮情勢を懸念 The word underlined is..
Japanese news: comfort women statues on Seoul buses
Today, I decided to study this news article about the comfort women issue between Korea and Japan.
The Korean film Battleship Island in the Japanese news
How the Korean film Battleship Island is presented in the Japanese news. Notes on an article published on the site NHK News Web on July 26th.