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...Akihiko Tanaka, a professor of Eastern culture at the University of Tokyo, says Roh's speech and Japan's breezy dismissal of it demonstrate just how differently the two countries see the legacy of Japan's colonial past. "For Japan, this is a territorial issue and little more," Tanaka says. But for Korea, it's a matter of history and justice. "To them, it's another show of how Japan is not owning up to its past." In Korea, bitter memories of Japan's colonial occupation live on, harbored by people at the highest levels of government. Lee Hye Hoon...
...convicted of second degree murder in September 1994 after killing her “batterer” of seven years. “The issue of unemployement seems to be one of the major barriers facing those right out of prison,” audience member Aaron K. Tanaka ’05 said, commenting on the difficulties of formerly incarcerated women. Tanaka is a member of the Boston Workers Alliance, which is an organization of unemployed workers...
...soundtracks into the realm of Hollywood films. Today's high-end video games often feature unreleased tracks or already famous compositions from established artists.Before its recent leap into the broader music world, game music was an insular genre, one which made the careers of aspiring composers like Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka and Koji Kondo in Japan. Only in his early twenties when he joined Nintendo in 1983, Kondo brought his classical training (and his love for Western rock music) to the "Mario" and "Zelda" franchises, and crafted some of the most memorable tunes to grace early consoles, even with a drastically...
...enough to risk alienating influential domestic constituencies in the name of better international relations. A close Koizumi advisor, who asked not to be identified, claims to be baffled by the visits, considering the political damage they are doing. Only Koizumi knows why he does what he does. Indeed, Hitoshi Tanaka, a former Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister under Koizumi, says that the most striking aspect of the Prime Minister's diplomacy is how autonomous it is, how much it is based on his own judgments rather than on the advice of those around...
...America you’re white and America is a society with white people on top,” said Aaron K. Tanaka ’05. “When do you see white people amongst themselves talk about race on TV?” Tanaka asked at the meeting...