Sankei Shimbun

• Special Coverage

DIALOGUE | Should Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Talk One-on-one with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un?

JAPAN Forward Sankei Shimbun January 25, 2019

  (Second of Three Parts)   Part 1: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Violinist Ryu...

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• Books

[JAPAN LIBRARY] Contemporary Japanese Architects Profiles in Design

JPIC Sankei Shimbun January 25, 2019

Presented by Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC)     Architects play an...

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• Special Coverage

DIALOGUE | Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Violinist Ryu Goto Find Common Resolve to End Abduction Issue

JAPAN Forward Sankei Shimbun January 23, 2019

  (First of Three Parts)   What would bring together Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo...

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• Special Coverage

Immortal Jellyfish Rejuvenates Itself Like Benjamin Button

Shohei Nagatsuji Sankei Shimbun January 21, 2019

  In 2018, a private jellyfish research facility opened in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, near...

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• History
• Special Coverage

Koreans in Wartime Japan: Don’t Confuse Illegal Immigrants with Recruited Workers

Tsutomu Nishioka Sankei Shimbun January 21, 2019

  (Second in a 3-Part Series)     Part 1: The Reality of the...

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• Politics & Security

Tokyo Must Lodge Strong Protest to Obtain Release of Japanese Unlawfully Detained in China

Yoshiko Sakurai, Japan Institute for National Fundamentals Sankei Shimbun January 19, 2019

  A recent series of outrageous editorials in The Global Times, an English-language tabloid...

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• Culture

Resurrection of ‘Ichikawa Danjuro’ Ignites Kabuki Fans

Yukihiro Watanabe Sankei Shimbun January 18, 2019

  With over 400 years of history behind its art, kabuki’s most powerful and...

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• Politics & Security

Japan-South Korea Tensions Grow Over Radar Lock-on Incident

Kosuke Takahashi Sankei Shimbun January 17, 2019

  Relations between Japan and South Korea have deteriorated further in the wake of...

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• Culture

Harvard Japanese Law Specialist Ramseyer Wins ‘Order of the Rising Sun’ Award

Jason Morgan, Reitaku University Sankei Shimbun January 17, 2019

  For most scholars, the job description involves toiling away in obscurity. But that...

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• Olympics & Paralympics

INTERVIEW | Governor Yuriko Koike Promotes Prosperous Metropolis Beyond Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics

Katsushi Nakamura Sankei Shimbun January 15, 2019

  Governor Yuriko Koike is set on her plans for a prosperous Tokyo leading...

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• Culture

The Story of Kumamoto Mountains’ Lucky Cat

Mizuho Miyazaki Sankei Shimbun January 12, 2019

  The Escape Stone, long said to be resilient in the face of calamities,...

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• Politics & Security

Foreign Policy Challenges for India in 2019

Rupakjyoti Borah Sankei Shimbun January 12, 2019

  The year 2019 has just begun and there are a host of foreign...

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