Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun

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EDITORIAL | With Less Bustle from Festivals, An Opportunity to Focus on Prayers

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun August 24, 2020

Throughout Japan, the ever-popular festivals and summer traditions have continued to be limited...

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EDITORIAL | Azar’s Taipei Visit : A Signal for Japan to Deepen Links with Taiwan and U.S

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun August 20, 2020

The United States Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar has just...

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EDITORIAL | Worst Postwar GDP ShockerーGovernment Must Urgently Reconsider Crisis Measures

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun August 19, 2020

The latest GDP figures are in and they are shockingly bad. On...

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EDITORIAL | In Hong Kong, China Does A Tiananmen Massacre Without Tanks

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun August 18, 2020

The Xi Jinping-led dictatorship of the Chinese Communist Party has begun to reenact...

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Editorial | A New Japan-U.K. Trade Pact is Crucial for Bolstering Ties and Spreading ’Freedom’

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun August 14, 2020

In recent talks on a new bilateral trade agreement, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu...

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EDITORIAL | Prime Minister Abe Should Suspend the ‘Go To’ Campaign Now

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun August 12, 2020

The number of novel coronavirus cases has been mounting nationwide. Confirmed cases in...

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EDITORIAL | Japan Must Act on New Evidence of Abductions by North Korea

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun August 5, 2020

In North Korea, there are many Japanese citizens who long to return...

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EDITORIAL | To Curtail Rapid Spread of COVID-19, Require Quarantine at Designated Hotels

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun August 4, 2020

As the novel coronavirus continues to spread in Japan at an alarming...

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EDITORIAL | Allies, Let’s Rally Behind Australia in the Face of Bullying by China

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun July 30, 2020

China continues to take various retaliatory measures against Australia in the wake of...

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EDITORIAL | Light Up the Tokyo Olympics Torch; Let’s Do It for the Athletes

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun July 28, 2020

July 23 marked the second time that Japan has said, “One year to go...

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EDITORIAL | Teenage Superstar Sota Fujii’s Win Transcends the World of Shogi

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun July 23, 2020

Teenage shogi phenomenon Sota Fujii has won the 91st Kisei tournament, becoming...

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EDITORIAL | China is a Security Threat to Japan, and the Defense White Paper Should Say So

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun July 22, 2020

The Defense of Japan 2020 annual white paper, released on July 14,...