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Takeshi Asanuma’s Philippine Column (35) There Was an Airfield in “Makati”

Part 35 of Takeshi Asanuma’s Philippine Column: Nielson Field, the 1937 airport whose two runways became today’s Ayala Avenue and Paseo de Roxas in Makati, from PAL’s first flight through the war to the Nielson Tower.

2026年11月13日

HistoryReportageSeries

Praying at Muntinlupa: With the Death-Row War Criminals in the Philippines (9)

Part 9 of the memoir of prison chaplain Kagao Shunin: the fourteen young men in blue standing before execution, the clogs on which their children had written their names, and the record of the fourteen Japanese executed — names, ranks, hometowns and ages.

2026年11月12日

HistoryJapan-Philippines RelationsSeries

Praying at Muntinlupa: With the Death-Row War Criminals in the Philippines (8)

Part 8 of the memoir of prison chaplain Kagao Shunin, “The Truck to the Fourth Gate”: fourteen Japanese death-row prisoners, handcuffed and in wooden clogs, are taken by truck to the execution building, and the chaplain faces each one in the waiting room.

2026年11月10日

HistoryJapan-Philippines RelationsSeries

Takeshi Asanuma’s Philippine Column (34) Manila, the Pearl of the Orient (Part 2)

Part 34 of Takeshi Asanuma’s Philippine Column: how Manila, the “Pearl of the Orient,” grew into a beautiful capital under Spanish and American rule, until its destruction in the Battle of Manila in February 1945.

2026年11月9日

HistoryReportageSeries

Praying at Muntinlupa: With the Death-Row War Criminals in the Philippines (7)

Part 7 of the memoir of prison chaplain Kagao Shunin: the names of Mr. Mihara Kikuichi and the others on the execution order, eight Buddhists and six Christians, and a dream that had come true.

2026年11月9日

HistoryJapan-Philippines RelationsSeries

The Influence of Catholicism on Philippine Society (3)

How did Catholicism, which spread with Spanish colonization in the 16th century, shape Philippine towns, education, family values and political consciousness? From fiestas and godparenthood to the EDSA upheaval, seen from Weber’s perspective.

2026年11月8日

Great Books SummariesSeries

“The Sociology of Religion (Summary)” (2) Max Weber

Part 2 of a summary of Max Weber’s Sociology of Religion: how Protestantism, Catholicism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, ancient Judaism and Islam shaped labor, economic activity, attitudes toward authority and daily discipline.

2026年11月8日

Great Books SummariesSeries

“The Sociology of Religion (Summary)” (1) Max Weber

Part 1 of a summary of Max Weber’s Sociology of Religion: magic and worldly benefits, priests and prophets, strata of believers, theodicy, salvation, asceticism and mysticism, and how religion directs human action and society.

2026年11月8日

Great Books SummariesSeries

“Eye Drops for the Eye, a Toothbrush for the Tooth”: A Diplomacy of Peace

Instead of “an eye for an eye,” Asahiko Yara proposes “eye drops for the eye, a toothbrush for the tooth”: a peace diplomacy that heals rather than retaliates, drawing on the war in Gaza and Japan’s support for peace in Mindanao.

2026年11月7日

Columns & EditorialsOpinion

“Propaganda (Summary)” Edward Bernays

A summary of Edward Bernays’s 1928 classic Propaganda: the “invisible government,” mass psychology, group leaders, created events, the public relations counsel, and the tension between guidance and democratic self-determination.

2026年11月7日

Great Books Summaries