Year: 2020

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Japan Should Not Dishonor the Emperor and Empress by Inviting Xi Jinping

Satoshi Kuwahara August 3, 2020

In 2019, the Japanese government announced that it would invite Chinese President...

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Bicycling Through Japan: Tokyo to Hokkaido, Building Confidence for Whatever Comes Next

Julian Israel August 3, 2020

So there it is, done and dusted. I have cycled the length of...

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[Bookmark] Is Japan Putting Up A Good Enough Fight Against China’s Propaganda Warfare?

Jason Morgan, Reitaku University August 2, 2020

Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the...

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[JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK] Tennis Calendar Hit Hard by COVID-19 Pandemic

Ed Odeven August 2, 2020

The Rakuten Japan Open, a men's ATP Tour event, was canceled in...

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[Bookmark] Taking Back the Olympics: Movies to Binge On While Waiting for the Games

Peter Tasker, Arcus Research August 1, 2020

Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the...

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BASEBALL | Nomomania: An Inside Look at How the Dodgers Handled the Media Demands

Ed Odeven August 1, 2020

Third in a series In decades past, the 162-game Major League Baseball season was...

[Corona ni Makeruna] Lead Vaccine Researcher Ryuichi Morishita Shows Optimism for Japan’s DNA Plasmid Vaccine

Arielle Busetto July 31, 2020

How is Japan getting on in the race towards a vaccine? JAPAN Forward visited...

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Wakeup Call: Japan’s Smoking Problem is Bad for Health, Worse for the Environment

Robert D Eldridge, PhD July 31, 2020

As readers who have lived here for any length of time will recognize,...

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The ‘Taiwan Consciousness’ Forged by Lee Teng-hui Remains the Greatest Deterrent to Xi Jinping’s Ambition

Yoshiaki Nishimi July 31, 2020

Lee Teng-hui may be gone, but the sense of self-identity among the...

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Check Out the Tokaido N700S Shinkansen While It’s Brand-New

Mariko Azuma July 31, 2020

One of the most efficient, comfortable, and enjoyable ways to travel across the...

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OBITUARY | Lee Teng-hui, Father of Taiwan’s Democracy and Former President, 1923-2020

The Sankei Shimbun July 31, 2020

Lee Teng-hui, Taiwan’s first democratically elected president, has died at the age of...

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[ODDS and EVENS] How Legendary Runner Billy Mills Found Purpose By Chasing an Olympic Dream

Ed Odeven July 30, 2020

A dream can transform a life, giving it purpose. Billy Mills is...