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EDITORIAL | Japan Should Tap Into Southeast Asia’s Trust and Rising Expectations

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun February 5, 2019

A recent survey revealed Japan tops the list of trustworthy countries in the...

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Naomi Osaka: High Hopes for the New Queen of Women’s Tennis

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun January 28, 2019

Women’s professional tennis has a new queen. She is the Japanese player Naomi...

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EDITORIAL | South Korea Must Apologize for Locking Radar on Japan’s Self-Defense Force Aircraft

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun December 31, 2018

The South Korean government should waste no time in honestly admitting its error...

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EDITORIAL | A Renewed Appreciation of the Emperor on His Final Birthday in the Heisei Era

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun December 24, 2018

Japan’s Emperor Akihito has marked his 85th birthday. On this celebratory...

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EDITORIAL | Japan Must Demand U.N. Enforced Disappearances Committee’s Retraction of Accusations

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun December 20, 2018

Another unreasonable report bearing the United Nations (U.N.) name has surfaced....

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EDITORIAL | It’s Not An Issue: National Treasury Should Pay for Japan’s Imperial ‘Daijosai’ Rituals

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun December 5, 2018

Prince Akishino, in a news conference in late November, commented on...

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EDITORIAL | Dissolving ‘Comfort Women’ Foundation, South Korea Puts Ties With Japan at Risk

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun November 29, 2018

The Sankei Shimbun Trampling on a key bilateral accord, the...

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EDITORIAL | Osaka Cutting Sister-City Ties with San Francisco Should Be Applauded

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun October 23, 2018

It is not possible to maintain a sister-city relationship when the demeanor of...

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EDITORIAL: Japan Should Align with U.S. Policy vs China’s Aggression

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun October 8, 2018

We welcome the Trump administration’s recent comments denouncing China’s aggressive meddling in democracies...

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[EDITORIAL] Without Russia Reverting Northern Territories, Japan Must Reject ‘Peace Pact’

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun September 17, 2018

The Sankei Shimbun Now is the time for Prime Minister...

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Why Do We Cast Japan’s Self-Defense Force As An ‘Enemy’?

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun September 14, 2018

By The Sankei Shimbun Japan's first female fighter pilot was...

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EDITORIAL: Japan-South Korea Relations Take A Step Backward with Comfort Women Memorial Day

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun August 23, 2018

By The Sankei Shimbun Despite President Moon Jae-in’s reassurance of improving South...