Year: 2019

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EDITORIAL | Emperor Showa’s ‘Deep Remorse’ Over War Not Incongruous with Seeking Rearmament

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun September 4, 2019

Documents detailing conversations spanning the years from 1949 to 1953 between Emperor Hirohito,...

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[Scary Places in Japan] Doai, the Deepest Running Train Station

Norm Nakamura September 4, 2019

In Gunma Prefecture a few hours north of Tokyo lies Doai Station, the...

Emperor Showa Favored Japans Rearmament, Documents Reveal

Emperor Showa Favored Japan’s Rearmament, Documents Reveal

Sankei Shimbun September 4, 2019

Michiji Tajima, the first grand steward of the Imperial Household Agency, kept detailed...

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Osaka University Team Does World’s First Successful iPS Cell-Derived Corneal Transplant

Sankei Shimbun September 3, 2019

A team of researchers led by Osaka University Professor Koji Nishida has successfully...

Hong Kong Protests

Arrested Hong Kong Leader Andy Chan: ‘Burn China with Us’

Andy Chan September 3, 2019

Andy Chan Ho-Tin is the founder of the Hong Kong National Party...

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Meet Japan’s 2019 Rugby World Cup Juggernaut

Shinya Okumura September 3, 2019

The Japan Rugby Football Union announced on Thursday, August 29, the 31-man roster...

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2020 Paralympic Games Medals Feature Japanese Folding Fan Designs

Sankei Shimbun September 2, 2019

Exactly one year before the August 25, 2020, kickoff of the Paralympic Games,...

Travel Japan Ancient Scenery Gets New Audiences at Refurbished Kiyotsukyo Gorge Tunnel

Ancient Scenery Gets New Audiences at Refurbished Kiyotsukyo Gorge Tunnel

Kengo Matsumoto September 1, 2019

The Kiyotsukyo Gorge Tunnel (Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture) is enveloped in chilly air...

Japan Trams Through the Blossoms Discovering Tokyo on the Setagaya Line

Trams Through the Blossoms: Discovering Tokyo on the Setagaya Line

Earl Kinmonth September 1, 2019

(Second of Two Parts) Read Part 1 at this link. The...

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Trams Through the Blossoms: Discovering Tokyo on the Arakawa Line

Earl Kinmonth August 31, 2019

(First of Two Parts) Read Part 2 at this link. At its peak,...

Chinese Communist Party’s Influence in Interpol Should No Longer Be Tolerated

Chinese Communist Party Influence Operations are Ideological Competition

Russell Hsiao August 31, 2019

Since its creation in 1921, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has made it...

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Tokyo is Safest City 3rd Year in a Row, Says Think Tank

JAPAN Forward August 30, 2019

For the third straight year, Tokyo was ranked the safest city by the...