Sankei Shimbun

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China’s Belt and Road Initiatives Come with Geopolitical Risks, Says U.S. Think Tank

Yasushi Tomiyama May 14, 2019

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), to which Chinese President Xi Jinping is...

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Dai Nippon Printing Wins Big at the 2019 Global Environment Awards

JAPAN Forward May 14, 2019

The commendation ceremony of the 28th Annual Grand Prize for the Global Environment Awards,...

Miyogawari Soul of Japan Jinja and Shinto Guide

Jinja Honcho Publishes English Booklet MIYOGAWARI to Explain the Imperial Succession and Shinto’s Essence

Kumi Ushida May 11, 2019

A recent booklet titled MIYOGAWARI takes on the range of rituals marking the...

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

Shimpei Okuhara May 11, 2019

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

Interview with PM Abe by The Sankei Shimbun

Abe Has A ‘Sense of Joy Going Into a Beautiful Future’ with New Imperial Couple

Sankei Shimbun May 10, 2019

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave an exclusive interview to The Sankei Shimbun on...

A Weakened Britain is the Number One Target for Chinese Business

Duncan Bartlett May 10, 2019

There was amazement in London when Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson was summoned to...

Book The Tolstoy Family's Ark by Fumiko Davis

BOOK REVIEW | ‘The Tolstoy Family's Ark’ by Fumiko Davis

Mikhail M. Bely, former Russian ambassador to Japan May 7, 2019

Very few people are not aware of Leo Tolstoy, the genius Russian writer....

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Abe Calls for Japan-North Korea Summit ‘Without Preconditions’ to Resolve Abductions

Sankei Shimbun May 6, 2019

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed his wishes for an early summit between...

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Riding the Steam Train Chichibu Paleo Express

Earl Kinmonth May 5, 2019

On March 31, I and my older son took a day trip on...

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'Thank You' Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko for Your Service to Japan and to the World

Robert D Eldridge, PhD May 4, 2019

I arrived in Japan in the summer of 1990, otherwise known as Heisei 2...

Osaka Metro Introduces Colorful Neutram Train

[Hidden Wonders of Japan] Osaka’s Colorful ‘Neutram’ Trains

Kenji Suzuki May 3, 2019

Osaka Metro Southern Harbor Port Town Line ‘Neutram’ trains are lined up in the...

Japan Heisei to Reiwa Era

‘Our Generation, New Japan’: Japanese Welcome Reiwa Era

JAPAN Forward May 2, 2019

On Tuesday, April 30, between 5 P.M. and 5.12 P.M., Japanese Emperor Akihito...