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Deadly Flooding Delays Announcement of Royal Engagement
As record rains in northern Kyushu lead to widespread damage, the Imperial Household Ministry has decided to postpone the […]
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Yasukuni Is Japan’s Arlington, A Monument of Respect Beyond Religions
Part 1: At Yasukuni Shrine, People Pray for the Dead; Leave Politics Out of It When foreigners […]
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At Yasukuni Shrine, People Pray for the Dead; Leave Politics Out of It
Politics and memorials to the dead are separate things. It is civilized courtesy to distinguish between them. Is it […]
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20 Years After Handover, Man Blogs to Preserve Hong Kong Soul—in Japanese
There’s a blog written from Hong Kong that’s written in Japanese, and netizens have started to notice. It showcases underground, […]
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Award-Winning Book Pulls Back Curtain on Long History of Sino-Japanese Relations
A Japanese illustration depicting the negotiations of the Treaty of Shimonoseki in April 1895. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons […]
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Editorial: At G20 Summit, Call on China to Release Seriously Ill Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo
This is the reality in self-proclaimed superpower, China. Imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate and democracy activist Liu Xiaobo has […]
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Japanese Detained in South Korea for Covering Stone Slab Bearing False Claims on Comfort Women
Former Japanese Self-Defense Force official Shigeharu Oku, 69, was temporarily detained and forbidden from leaving South Korea this week. […]
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At the UN Human Rights Council, They Don’t Buy Okinawan Activist’s Claims
Hiroji Yamashiro, 64, the activist opposing the relocation of the United States military airfield at Futenma to Henoko in […]
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Koike’s Art of War: Working Together to Make 2020 an ‘Olympian’ Recovery Year!
On March 17, it was officially decided that some of the baseball and softball games during the 2020 […]
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Naoki Hyakuta Writes: To All Who Label Me a Discrimination Raconteur
In early June, author Naoki Hyakuta, 61, was scheduled to speak at Hitotsubashi University during the two-day “Kodaira Festival.” […]
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The Time to Move Against Eco-terrorism in Japan is Now
It happened in the lush woodland area of Khimki, near Moscow, late at night in July 2012. Someone set […]
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Stanford Professor’s Campaign: Japanese Companies Should Be in Silicon Valley
Every year, a number of Japanese students graduate from Stanford University in California, where Daniel Okimoto, 74, teaches political science. […]