Year: 2020

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Japan in 2020: Making Sense of Professors in Overwhelmingly Insular American Universities

Mark Ramseyer January 4, 2020

The author looks at studies of the political affiliations of American university professors to...

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Nanshun Kyokudo: An American Falls in Love With Traditional Japanese Storytelling

John O'Donoghue January 3, 2020

Nanshun Kyokudo is not your typical Sakamoto Ryoma fan. For starters, she only...

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Japan in 2020: Foreign and Security Policy From Caution to Candor

Dr Monika Chansoria January 3, 2020

As the New Year 2020 begins, Rei (令) – the first character of...

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INTERVIEW | Ex-President Chen Shui-bian: With No Action, Taiwan Will Be Swallowed by China

Akio Yaita, Sankei Shimbun January 2, 2020

Chen Shui-bian, president of Taiwan from 2000 to 2008, observes that China has,...

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Japan in 2020: Get Ready for the Geopolitical Olympics

Peter Tasker, Arcus Research January 2, 2020

According to Vladimir Lenin, “There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when...

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Fuji TV Exclusive: How An Aspiring Vietnamese Actress Became One of Kim Jong Nam’s Assassins

Arielle Busetto January 2, 2020

On February 13, 2017, a crime shocked the world. Kim Jong Nam, the...

Harmony is Shoko Kanazawa's 2020 New Year Kanji

'Wa’ — Harmony — is Shoko Kanazawa’s 1st Reiwa New Year Kanji for JAPAN Forward Readers

Yasuo Naito, Editor in Chief January 1, 2020

Shoko Kanazawa, 34, a Japanese calligrapher who also happens to have Down...