Year: 2020

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The Last of Us Part II Wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2020

Arielle Busetto December 11, 2020

Just before noon JST on December 11, the immensely popular video game The...

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[Asia’s Next Page] Biden and the U.S.-Japan-South Korea Trilateral

Jagannath Panda December 11, 2020

The realization of a “comprehensive trilateral relationship” between the United States (U.S.)...

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[A Photographer’s Notes] Updated Take on an Old Style of Photography

Jason Halayko December 11, 2020

[tps_header][/tps_header] ~All in all shooting with the 907X 50C was a...

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Sony to Buy Anime Distribution Company Crunchyroll for $1.175 Billion USD

Arielle Busetto December 10, 2020

On December 10 Sony Corporation announced that it has agreed to buy the...

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Games Promise to Come Alive: Super Nintendo World to Open in February 2021

Keiko Tamura December 10, 2020

~Admissions will be restricted through steps such as distributing numbered tickets to allow...

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[ODDS and EVENS] Yuya Yoshida Builds Winning Foundation at Fukuoka Marathon

Ed Odeven December 10, 2020

~~ Yuya Yoshida had entertained thoughts about quitting competitive running after his...

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[Corona ni Makeruna] NGO Unveils 156 Crowdsourced Posters for COVID-19 Prevention

Arielle Busetto December 10, 2020

We wrote before about the Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR Japan),...

U.S., South Korea Growing Apart in Policy Over DPRK Policy

A Unified Korean Peninsula Poses a Nuclear Threat to Japan

Rui Abiru December 10, 2020

~South Korea should no longer be considered a member of the democracy camp. Moon...

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EDITORIAL | Japan Should Call for the Release of Jailed Hong Kong Democracy Activists

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun December 10, 2020

~This is a human rights issue, and no amount of ‘expressing concern’ or...

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The 2020 Game Awards: Is Your Favorite Video Game a Contender?

Arielle Busetto December 9, 2020

Gamers around the world all know that “The Game Awards” are nearly upon...

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Happy 57th Birthday Empress Masako!

The Sankei Shimbun December 9, 2020

Empress Masako celebrated her 57th birthday on December 9. To mark the occasion,...

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How Japan Can Capitalize on Its Relatively Successful COVID Response

Peter Tasker, Arcus Research December 9, 2020

~Among the 53 largest economies, Japan ranks second in Bloomberg's COVID Resilience Ranking,...