Sankei Shimbun

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The Next Generation of Japanese Has to Learn About the Indo-Pacific

Rieko Hayakawa, Ph.D October 26, 2018

In Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s address to the73rd Session of the United Nations...

Taiwan President Tsai

How Far Will Japan Go to Help Keep Taiwan Free?

Duncan Bartlett October 25, 2018

Taiwan’s president has urged Japan to help protect the island from...

Taiwan women

Taiwan and China, from the Perspective of Foreign Journalists

Duncan Bartlett October 25, 2018

How is the situation between Taiwan and China regarded in other parts of...

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi

How Can Japan and India Boost Defense, Economic Ties?

Rupakjyoti Borah October 24, 2018

The upcoming visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Japan on October 28-29,...

Koshien Players as Japanese Gods of High School Baseball

Koshien Players as ‘Japanese Gods’: Why We’re Crazy About High School Baseball

Robert Whiting October 23, 2018

Why is high school baseball so popular in Japan? Why...

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Meet the 11-Year-Old Keisuke Fukuchi, Youngest Othello Champion Ever

JAPAN Forward October 22, 2018

Using pieces called “discs” which are black on one side and...

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Go Face-to-Face with Buddha at Tokyo’s Suntory Museum until November 11

Yukihiro Watanabe October 20, 2018

Seated Nyoirin Kannon (Important Cultural Property), Heian period, 10th century. ...

China Interpol Scandal

Chinese Communist Party’s Influence in Interpol Should No Longer Be Tolerated

Anders Corr October 20, 2018

(Last of Three Parts) Part 1: Did China Corrupt Interpol to Get...

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The Fall of Interpol President Meng Hongwei: Abuse of Power or Coverup by China?

Anders Corr October 19, 2018

The 86th Session of the Interpol General Assembly opened in Beijing on September 26,...

Laureates Commemorate Praemium Imperiale’s 30th Anniversary

‘Culture and the Arts for Humanity’: Laureates Commemorate Praemium Imperiale’s 30th Anniversary

JAPAN Forward October 19, 2018

The Praemium Imperiale, a global arts prize sponsored by the Japan Art Association,...

[VIDEO] Powerful Voices in the Arts: Meet the 2018 Præmium Imperiale Laureates

[INTERVIEW] Actress Catherine Deneuve on Choosing Films and Accepting the 2018 Praemium Imperiale Award

Mina Mitsui October 18, 2018

French actress Catherine Deneuve is set to receive the Japan Art Association’s annual...

Meng Hongwei

Did China Corrupt Interpol to Get the Presidency?

Anders Corr October 18, 2018

Questions have been raised as to whether corruption or favoritism played a role in...