Tag: Japan

  • Should Japan change its way and get militarized?

    Should Japan change its way and get militarized?

    At first glance, the question sounds radical. Japan symbolizes pacifism, restraint, and postwar humility. However, this image hides a deeper historical and structural reality. Japan did not begin the twentieth century as a passive or backward country. On the contrary, it entered the Second World War as a fully modern, industrialized military power, fundamentally different…

  • Everything you need to know why East Asian universities are lagging

    No one is denying Japan or South Korea are developed high-income countries. Their universities can definitely teach how to construct buildings, roads, how to build a nuclear plant, subway system, how to make telephones, and so on. Their universities (unlike the Czech ones) are well-funded, yet they are not on par with the quality of…