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Takeshi Asanuma’s Philippine Column (31) The Old City of Vigan

Part 31 of Takeshi Asanuma’s Philippine Column: why Vigan, birthplace of President Quirino and a UNESCO World Heritage city, escaped destruction in the Japan–U.S. war — two Japanese officers, including Captain Takahashi Tojiro, and the film “Iliw.”

2026年11月2日

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Praying at Muntinlupa: With the Death-Row War Criminals in the Philippines (3)

Part 3 of the memoir of prison chaplain Kagao Shunin: a New Year’s letter to the families of war criminals in Japan, quoting Kobo Daishi, and a faith that does not waver even before the possibility of execution.

2026年10月31日

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Takeshi Asanuma’s Philippine Column (30) General MacArthur’s Father

Part 30 of Takeshi Asanuma’s Philippine Column: Lt. Gen. Arthur MacArthur Jr., father of Douglas MacArthur, his clash with Aguinaldo in the Philippine-American War, the Nunobiki Maru, and the fate of the trophy cup given by Emperor Meiji.

2026年10月30日

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Praying at Muntinlupa: With the Death-Row War Criminals in the Philippines (2)

Part 2 of the memoir of prison chaplain Kagao Shunin: New Year’s greetings to the Red and Blue groups at Muntinlupa, a dream’s shadow that will not lift, and the friction of faith and training behind the prison walls.

2026年10月29日

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Takeshi Asanuma’s Philippine Column (29) Bonifacio and Aguinaldo (II)

Part 29 of Takeshi Asanuma’s Philippine Column: Aguinaldo’s Malolos Republic, America’s betrayal and the Philippine-American War, his pro-Japanese side and the Nunobiki Maru, and the Crown Prince couple’s visit.

2026年10月28日

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Praying at Muntinlupa: With the Death-Row War Criminals in the Philippines (1)

Part 1 of the memoir of prison chaplain Kagao Shunin, who lived among Japanese death-row war criminals at Muntinlupa in the Philippines: New Year’s morning, 1951, and a dream that foretold an execution.

2026年10月27日

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Takeshi Asanuma’s Philippine Column (28) Bonifacio and Aguinaldo (I)

After the execution of national hero José Rizal, revolutionaries Andrés Bonifacio and Emilio Aguinaldo rose up. Spain's two colonial strategies, Bonifacio's uprising, and his tragic end. Philippine Column Part 28.

2026年10月26日

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Takeshi Asanuma’s Philippine Column (27) Mabalacat West Airfield

Part 27 of Takeshi Asanuma’s Philippine Column: the former naval airfield at Mabalacat from which the Shikishima Unit sortied, the Special Attack Corps memorial, and the author’s 27 years of visits since 1999.

2026年10月23日

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Takeshi Asanuma’s Philippine Column (26) The Father of the Nation, “José Rizal,” and His Bond with Japan

Part 26 of Takeshi Asanuma’s Philippine Column: José Rizal’s 1888 visit to Japan and O-Sei-san, the monument in Hibiya Park, the Imperial couple’s visits to the Philippines, and the tribute at the Rizal monument.

2026年10月21日

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That War and Me (25) Santo Tomas University

Part 25 of "That War and Me": how the Japanese and American forces fought differently, the destruction of old Manila, and the negotiated release of the Santo Tomas internment camp and withdrawal of its Japanese guards.

2026年10月19日

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