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Category: Special Reports

Special Reports

Tracing My Father’s Footsteps in the Imphal-Kohima Campaign

October 4, 2017 6:32 pm

Akiko Macdonald 1 Comment

Akiko Macdonald (center) was treated as VIP and escorted by the armed local police officers     Places where battles […]

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Osaka to Cut Sister City Ties if San Francisco Erects Comfort Women Statue

September 27, 2017 9:37 pm

Sankei Shimbun 9 Comments

  “If the city of San Francisco [in California] accepts the donated comfort women statue, then the sister city agreement […]

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‘Memory of the World’ Program: How Will UNESCO Tackle Historical Distortions Against Japan?

12:00 am

Yumiko Yamamoto 8 Comments

  The International Advisory Committee (IAC) of UNESCO adopted the final report on the review process of the Memory of […]

Tokyo Game Show 2017 Cosplay Makuhari Messe

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36 Photos: Tokyo Game Show 2017 Cosplay

September 25, 2017 10:39 am

Galileo Ferrari Leave your thoughts

    Galileo Ferrari – Tokyo   Creative cosplay shared the spotlight at the Tokyo Game Show 2017 on its […]

Tokyo Game Show 2017 Makuhari Messe

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Tokyo Game Show 2017: Hundreds of Companies from 36 Countries

September 22, 2017 11:17 pm

Galileo Ferrari Leave your thoughts

The long-awaited Tokyo Game Show 2017 opened on Thursday, September 21, at Makuhari Messe, with gaming companies making several important […]

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at UN: Time to Enforce Sanctions Against North Korea

1:37 am

JAPAN Forward Leave your thoughts

  Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday, September 20, that countries need to unite to enforce sanctions and […]

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Dear Megumi: One Day, You and Other Kidnap Victims Will Set Foot on Japan Again—If Our Gov’t Works For It

1:33 am

Shigeru and Sakie Yokota Leave your thoughts

  Dear Megumi,   In Japan, we are blessed with beautiful autumn skies, and the cosmos flowers are blooming. Our […]

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Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo’s Final Wish: ‘Free My Wife’ 

September 21, 2017 5:59 pm

Akio Yaita, Sankei Shimbun Leave your thoughts

  I first visited Liu Xiaobo’s home in West Beijing in May 2008. Under the dim lights in his small […]

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Fishermen on Senkaku Islands: Why Do Japanese Have To Withdraw From Japanese Territory?

12:40 am

Sankei Shimbun Leave your thoughts

    September 11 marked the 5th anniversary of the nationalization of the Senkaku Islands (part of Ishigaki City, Okinawa […]

Marco Tempest at Singularity University Japan Summit 2017

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Singularity University: Silicon Valley Think Tank Arrives in Japan

September 9, 2017 12:40 am

JAPAN Forward Leave your thoughts

(C) “SingularityU Japan Summit 2017”   The first Singularity University Summit in Japan wrapped up on Friday, September 8, at Miraikan […]

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How America’s Racist and Anti-Racist  Demonstrations Can Have Global Repercussions

September 5, 2017 5:44 pm

Ryozo Kato Leave your thoughts

People fly into the air as a vehicle drives into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally […]

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Remembering the ‘Indianapolis’ and the Worst Disaster in US Navy’s History

September 4, 2017 7:17 pm

Sankei Shimbun Leave your thoughts

  In July 1945, the submarine I58 left the Hirao base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, carrying manned suicide torpedoes called […]

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