Japanese history/world war two content/china japan modern days issues

Does anyone know where one can find articles about history, ww2, or modern day issues all in Japanese? The main problem when i go to a japanese website is that I have no idea where to find such articles.

There’s the United States Holocaust website where there are identical translations in both English and Japanese. World War II in Europe | Holocaust Encyclopedia

I used to watch these “10 minute stories” http://www.nhk.or.jp/syakai/10min_nihonshi/
If you click on the あらすじを読む below there’s a transcript. :smiley:

When I was learning Japanese I listened to an NHK cassette tape series called 昭和の記録. Outstanding! listened so many times. Doubt if transcripts are available though. Look for it. Original recordings, newscasts etc. recounting the history of the Showa Era.

“幕末の黒船来航前後から第二次世界大戦の敗戦にいたる100年近くの日本の歩みについて、できるだけ国際社会のなかの日本という視野に立ちつつ概観し、近代日本の歴史的特色と問題点をさぐろうとしたもの。”

“再発見!高校日本史教科書。「占領下の日本」「55年体制」「高度経済成長」「日本列島改造論」「バブル経済」…戦後70年、日本の歩みをふり返りより良い未来を考える。”

スティーブさんが言っているのは、これのことだと思います。

「もう一度読む」というシリーズは、いま人気があります。

There’s a ton of great sites about current affairs. Here are a few of my favorites,
オピニオン – SYNODOS (long form, usually academic articles on a variety of topics)
http://blogos.com/ (blogs related to current affairs. Many contributors are politicians and newscasters. Tends to be right leaning)
http://lite-ra.com/ (A lot of stuff about politics and scandals. Very critical of Abe)
http://shasetsu.ps.land.to/ (A site where you can read editorials of major newspapers side by side)

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For history, this is a great resource.
http://cgi2.nhk.or.jp/shogenarchives/shogen/list.cgi
It’s a large archive of interviews with WW2 survivors from all walks of life (civilians, soldiers, settlers etc.)
Includes video with transcripts.

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その通り!