Brickbat: What did You Expect, Dressed Like That?
Video showed police in Suzhou, China, detaining a woman for wearing a Japanese kimono in public. “If you came here wearing Hanfu (a traditional Chinese dress), I wouldn’t say this,” …
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Japan Is Reopening Nuclear Power Plants and Planning To Build New Ones
Rationality about nuclear power seems to be breaking out across the globe over the past month. First, Germany announced as a response to Russia’s natural gas blackmail that it will …
Japan’s Gun Restrictions Are Far From Sufficient To Explain Its Low Crime Rate
The improvised weapon that an assassin used to murder former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last Friday suggests both the impact and the limitations of strict gun laws that make …
With Shinzo Abe’s Death, Japan And Taiwan Have Lost A Strong Advocate
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated Friday. With his death, the region’s peace and security face more uncertainty. The FederalistThe Federalist is an American conservative online magazine and …
Brickbat: You Hockey Puck
The Japanese legislature has increased the penalty for insulting someone online. Those found guilty of violating the law face up to one year in prison or a fine of up …
A Classic Biden Gaffe Complicates U.S. Role in Taiwan
On Monday, many journalists and pundits jumped to the conclusion that President Joe Biden was abandoning America’s long-held “strategic ambiguity” concerning the defense of Taiwan. At a news conference with …
Japan Protects Medical Freedom, Tells Citizens: “Don’t Discriminate Against The Unvaccinated”
“Do not force anyone” to get the jab… Free Thought ProjectIt is the mission of the Free Thought Project to foster the creation and expansion of liberty minded solutions to …
Brickbat: Not Welcome
Wishma Rathnayake moved to Japan from Sri Lanka with a dream of teaching English. A little less than three years later, she died in a Japanese detention facility for illegal …
Nikole Hannah-Jones Displays More Historical Illiteracy With Absurd Tweet About Hiroshima Bombing
Founder of the ‘1619 Project’ Nikole Hannah-Jones took to Twitter to offer her historically illiterate take on why the U.S. bombed Hiroshima during WWII. The FederalistThe Federalist is an American …
Congress Spends More on Defense Than the Next 10 Countries Combined
We’re out of Afghanistan. Good. We should have gotten out before. Our involvement there was America’s longest war, longer than the Civil War, World War I, and World War II …