Shimpei Okuhara

Shimpei Okuhara is a staff writer of The Sankei Shimbun, Political News Department in Tokyo.

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Beijing’s Coercion Keeps Inner Mongolians Away from Human Rights Rallies in Japan

Shimpei Okuhara July 20, 2021

“If your younger brother participates in the demonstration, your relatives will be put in...

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Chinese Officials Pressure Local Governments in Japan to Stop Criticizing China’s Actions

Shimpei Okuhara July 19, 2021

“It would appear that they were trying to squash in its infancy any effort...

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Inner Mongolians Urge Japan to Help Tackle Persecution by China

Shimpei Okuhara May 31, 2021

Japan has finally taken action by establishing a Parliamentary group concerned with China’s suppression...

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Interview | Environment Minister Koizumi Welcomes New 46% Greenhouse Gas Target

Shimpei Okuhara April 27, 2021

Japan pays ￥17 trillion JPY to foreign countries for coal, oil and gas. Moving...

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Spotlight on Japan’s Industrial Heritage, Wartime Past at Newly-Opened Information Center

Shimpei Okuhara June 26, 2020

Both Japanese and people from the Korean Peninsula worked in the coal mines in...

INTERVIEW | Ex-Abe Advisor Koko Kato: Research Exposes Korea’s Lies About Workers in Japan

INTERVIEW | Ex-Abe Advisor Koko Kato: Research Exposes Korea’s Lies About Workers in Japan

Shimpei Okuhara

Sankei Shimbun August 29, 2019

Former Abe Cabinet advisor Koko Kato left the Prime Minister's Office and...

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'Forced Labor' Photo Disseminated by South Korean Media is Actually Postwar Photo of a Japanese Coal Miner

Shimpei Okuhara

Sankei Shimbun May 11, 2019

South Korean media have been promoting a photograph of a man working in...