Seven years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake. In Miyagi prefecture’s Onagawa-cho, 160 Chinese citizens were affected by the disaster. Fortunately, with help from Japanese staff at their workplace, none of them lost their lives in the tsunami. Following up on their story, I visited one woman who returned to China […]
The year I worked in China, I gained a rather impressive 8 kilograms. It was a first in more than 50 years of existence. It may sound as though I was taking it easy while in Beijing, but reality was quite the opposite. I had near constant mental fatigue. That was one reasons I […]
“Are you annoyed [that you were kept out of the press conference]?” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying asked. She then paused before adding, “If so, then work harder so that you are allowed to attend next year.” A Sankei Shimbun reporter was kept out of the press conference held with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang […]
China National Tourism Administration spokesperson Zhang Lizhong announced on January 24 his “firm opposition” to the books that APA Group placed in its hotel rooms denying the Nanking massacre and the forced abduction of Comfort Women and called on Chinese tourists to boycott APA Hotels. Zhang said it was a “clear provocation aimed at Chinese […]
