2026-09

Fiction

“Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 18)

Exiled to Dapitan, Rizal wins his guardian’s trust and is granted a measure of freedom, while proposing a set of reforms for Philippine governance. Part 18 of the Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal biography.
History

That War and Me (6) The Town of Sakai

Part 6 of a wartime memoir series: a boy’s account of evacuation to Yata Village near Sakai, and a terrifying strafing attack by an American fighter plane during World War II.
Fiction

“Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal” (Part 17)

In 1892, Rizal founds La Liga Filipina in Manila, only to be summoned by the Governor-General and imprisoned at Fort Santiago on suspicion of seditious documents. Part 17 of the Great Men of the Philippines: José Rizal biography.
History

Escape from Korea — A Girl’s Experience of Defeat (Part 3)

Hisako Kamikita (maiden name: Kimura), born January 8, Shōwa 9 (1934), in Arakawa Ward, Tokyo — a repatriate from Korea.
History

That War and Me (5) National School

Pinoy-Hapon United Foundation (PHUF), a non-profit organization, Honorary Chairman Takeshi Asanuma You are all, I imagine, "citizens of Japan." In April…
History

Escape from Korea — A Girl’s Experience of Defeat (Part 2)

Hisako Kamikita (maiden name: Kimura), born January 8, Shōwa 9 (1934), in Arakawa Ward, Tokyo — a repatriate from Korea.