MITI, Sumiyoshi, Japanese Empire: Join us later today for the online meeting of the #VSJF2025 History Section with three exciting papers by Jonathan Krautter (Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study), Sai Kiet Niki Lau (Heidelberg Univ) & Aya Hino (Ruhr Univ Bochum). Details in the attached files

Must-see exhibition on Japanese imperialism and wartime atrocities, including Nanjing Massacre, forced labour, human experiments, sexual exploitation #戦後80年
🏢Kanagawa Kenmin Center Yokohama
🗓️August 8-15

Unexpected new contestant in the Nanking massacre debate: former Japanese football professional&national team captain @kskgroup2017.bsky.social endorses denialist views by Ishihara Shintaro & Kawamura Takashi but corrects his mistake 2 days later & even posts a list of recommended readings. Respect!

Lisbon street art
#FreePalestine #StopTheGenocide #NeverAgain

Fascinating #AASinAsia2025 panel offering new perspectives on the Japanese treatment of military and civilian prisoners in the Pacific War with Danny Orbach, @paultaucher.bsky.social , Sandra Wilson, Sarah Kovner and Nissim Otmazgin @asianstudies.org

Shibuya rules
#axelsan #canttouchthis #ugeS04 #boycott

Gerne! Wir haben letzte Woche auf X unseren Wechsel hierher verkündet, und einige unserer MWS-Schwesterinstitute sind auch schon hier aktiv @maxweberstiftung.bsky.social @dhiroma.bsky.social @ghilondon.bsky.social @ghiwashington.bsky.social @dhiparis.wisskomm.social.ap.brid.gy

Yomihon, Hassenstein, „Trostfrauen“: drei spannende Vorträge in der Fachgruppe Geschichte der #VSJF2024
am Samstag, 16. November, 14:30-16:30 Uhr am JDZB in Berlin und online mit Morgaine Setzer-Mori (Bochum), Patrick Müller (Erfurt), Dorothea Mladenova (Leipzig). Details: vsjf.net/wp-content/u...

Finally had the chance to visit the Ichigaya Memorial Hall, the site of the postwar Tokyo Trial of Japanese war crimes. It’s reconstructed but pretty close to the original as far as I can tell.

It’s 2024 in Japan. All the best wishes for a peaceful and happy new year.

Impressions from the University of Tokyo‘s Komaba campus today