Sankei Shimbun

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To Understand Japan, You Need to Understand the Emperor System

Yorio Fujimoto April 13, 2019

What significance does the tenno or “emperor” have for Japan and the Japanese...

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Japan Must Be Prepared for a Crisis Looming Large in the Western Pacific

Masashi Nishihara April 10, 2019

A couple of potential crises have been evolving in the Western Pacific region...

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Let’s Enjoy Kabuki! (Language Is Not A Problem)

Yukihiro Watanabe April 9, 2019

©Shochiku “There are so many foreigners!” So voiced a staff member...

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump talk in the garden of the Metropole hotel during the second North Korea-U.S. summit in Hanoi

Why Do We Let North Korea Go On with Empty Promises of Denuclearization?

Duncan Bartlett April 4, 2019

The United States military says there has been a “palpable reduction in tension”...

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch: ‘Something That Was Never Made Before’

Sankei Shimbun April 1, 2019

On March 20, the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic...

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Dear Megumi: We Hope the Leaders of Japan and North Korea Will Make Your Homecoming Possible

Sakie Yokota March 29, 2019

(This letter is part of an ongoing series of letters written by Sakie...

Whaling is Barbaric? Criticisms of Japan Are Without Scientific Basis

Why Boris Johnson and the New York Times Criticize Japanese Whaling

Masaaki Sasaki March 28, 2019

(Third of 4 Parts) Part 1: Science vs Politics: Busting Myths and Biases...

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Kyoto: The City of Tradition and Reform Is Ready for the World

JAPAN Forward March 26, 2019

Kyoto has a global reputation as the heart of traditional Japanese culture. What...

Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta

Denver, Colorado: Here, Japanese-Americans Are Welcome

Kunihiko Miyake March 22, 2019

I am writing this column from Denver, Colorado. For those non-American readers...

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a news conference after his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the JW Marriott hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam

Trump-Kim Summit: The Art of Walking Away

Thomas Cynkin March 22, 2019

Defying the expectations of his political detractors, United States President Donald Trump walked...

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China’s Economy: Fake Growth Surrounded by a Great Wall of Debt

Hideo Tamura March 22, 2019

At the outset of an annual session of the National People’s Congress (NPC)...

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Japan Approaching Last Chance to Rescue Citizens Abducted by North Korea

Tsutomu Nishioka March 21, 2019

After the breakdown of the United States-North Korea summit in Hanoi in late...