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VIETNAM WAR

U.S. senators telling American troops they don¡¯t have to obey illegal commands has sparked ire from President Donald Trump, underscoring the enduring principle that soldiers must follow conscience and the law above orders.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 9, 2025
The duty to disobey unlawful orders was America¡¯s idea
Members of Congress made a video in which they remind active service members that ¡°our laws are clear: You can refuse illegal orders.¡±
Takashi Hashimoto, who was rescued by the crew of an Okinawan fishing boat 45 years ago, on March 4 in Tokyo's Minato Ward
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May 14, 2025
Former Vietnamese refugee says he is thankful for Japan after 45 years
The native of now-defunct South Vietnam boarded a small bamboo boat crowded with 24 people?in the central city of Da Nang in March 1980.
Spectators gather during a parade to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 30, 2025
Vietnam¡¯s Generation Z captivated by 50-year-old military victory
Communist Vietnam¡¯s tightly-controlled state media has pumped out a barrage of positive messaging about the anniversary.
Soldiers march during a parade marking the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 30, 2025
Vietnam¡¯s Lam hails ¡®profound¡¯ lessons 50 years after end of war
Behind the flag-waving, the government is engaged in intense trade diplomacy with Washington, seeking to stave off a threatened 46% tariff that could hollow out its export model.
Keiichi Uchida, a member of a team of Japanese doctors who performed a colostomy reversal surgery on the younger of a pair of Vietnamese conjoined twins 30 years ago, shows a postcard he received from his former patient, Nguyen Duc, in February in the city of Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture.
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Apr 28, 2025
Japanese pediatrician recalls Vietnamese twin he operated on 30 years ago
The younger of a pair of conjoined twins ¡ª believed to have been affected by chemicals used by the U.S. during the Vietnam War ¡ª underwent colostomy reversal surgery in Japan.
Dul Saroth (left) and Soeum Samrach, deminers with the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority, practice using the Advanced Landmine Imaging System in Cambodia¡¯s Siem Reap province in August.
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Oct 7, 2024
The Japanese tech that could one day make Southeast Asia landmine-free
The Advanced Landmine Imaging System being tested in Cambodia promises to speed up landmine clearance work and save lives.
Then-U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (center) meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Chiao Kuan-Hua (left) and Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping in New York in 1974. Kissinger died last Wednesday at age 100.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 4, 2023
Kissinger had a profound impact on Taiwan
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger shifted Washington away from Taiwan in favor of Beijing, catalyzing the island¡¯s diplomatic isolation.
Henry Kissinger, alongside U.S. President Richard Nixon, is sworn in as secretary of state on Sept. 22, 1973.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 3, 2023
¡®My blood boils¡¯: Kissinger¡¯s bitter legacy in Southeast Asia
In Southeast Asia, millions remember when the U.s. bombed swaths of Laos and Cambodia during the Vietnam War, an onslaught ordered by Kissinger and Nixon.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger listens to a question at the China Development Forum in Beijing in 2015.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 30, 2023
Henry Kissinger, controversial American diplomat, dies at 100
While many hailed Kissinger for his brilliance and broad experience, others branded him a war criminal for his support for anti-communist dictatorships.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 11, 2023
Asian nations affected by cluster bombs call on U.S. not to send them to Ukraine
While the weapons often fail to explode and pose a grave danger to civilians, Washington says Russia has been using them in the war for months.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 17, 2023
The Vietnamese octogenarian fighting for Agent Orange victims
Tran To Nga is the first civilian to sue the 14 multinational chemical firms that produced and sold the toxic herbicide sprayed over Vietnam by U.S. forces during the war.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 17, 2023
Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, dies at 92
Deeply disturbed by the accounting of American deceit in Vietnam, he approached The New York Times. The disclosures that followed rocked the nation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 17, 2023
South Korea denies its soldiers committed Vietnam War massacre
Marines have been accused of killing around 70 civilians during a raid in February 1968, in a case brought to court in Seoul by a Vietnamese woman who survived the massacre.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 8, 2023
In first, South Korea ordered to compensate Vietnam war victim
The ruling is the first of its kind and expected to set a precedent in the country, where the government has long refused to address alleged civilian massacres by South Korean troops.
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May 16, 2022
From Tran Anh Tuan to Masaki Ito: A Vietnamese refugee¡¯s journey to Japanese citizenship
When Masaki Ito saw Ukrainians who had fled their war-torn country arriving in Japan on TV, it brought back strong memories of his own arrival from Vietnam 40 years ago.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 5, 2021
The U.S. military and the Capitol mob
I saw the events of Jan. 6 as the predictable culmination of a growing disconnect between the U.S. military and civilian society.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 24, 2020
¡®Peaceful Circumstances¡¯: Negotiating relationships in a time of war
Roger Pulvers¡¯ ¡°Peaceful Circumstances¡± is a coming-of-age novel about a young woman at a time when the world is rapidly unraveling.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 25, 2019
How a film influenced Nixon¡¯s decision to invade Cambodia
Popular culture plays an underestimated role in shaping policymakers¡¯ world views and choices.
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jun 21, 2017
Deafening silence from U.S. government as Okinawa defoliants quietly destroy children¡¯s futures
Lt. Col. Kris E. Roberts, who found dozens of barrels of hazardous waste buried at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in 1981, reflects on the consequences of that discovery.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2017
Sorry Trump, Cambodia owes the U.S. nothing
The $500 million bill that Uncle Sam has come knocking for is a pittance compared to the destruction the U.S. wreaked on Cambodia by incessant B-52 bombing during the Vietnam War.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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