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The essence of politeness Shigekatsu Yamauchi / Special to The Daily Yomiuri People say Japanese is indirect and more polite than English. I disagree--all people everywhere have a need to be indirect and polite in communication. Every language has polite ways of saying things; it's just that each language achieves this universal goal differently. Let's compare English and Japanese approaches to ..

Tokyo rally triggered 1919 independence movements in Korea, China 10/29/2007 BY MASAYUKI NISHI THE ASAHI SHIMBUN March 1 and May 4 are import!ant dates in the calendars of South Korea and China as they respectively mark the anniversaries of popular uprisings in 1919 against Japanese imperialism. 　　 A mounument dedicated to the 5.4 movement stands near a former building of Peking University i..

Sun Yat-sen's Xinhai Revolution of 1911 had its seeds in Tokyo 10/29/2007 BY KAZUO SATO THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Link to Japan runs deep 　　 A plaque at the foot of bronze statues of Sun Yat-sen and Toten Miyazaki refers to thier "sincere friendship."The photo by Kazuo Sato was taken in the courtyard of the Nanjing Historical Remains Museum of Chinese Modern History. Shintaro Kaneko Taro Utsunomiya ..