Sankei Shimbun

Japan 4th Shinzo Abe Administration

On PM Abe’s Third Term, It’s Time to Enact the Anti-Spy Law

Kunihiko Miyake October 17, 2018

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) needs to urgently enact the Espionage...

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Robots From Around the World Come to Tokyo for JPY100-Million Prize

Shinji Ono October 16, 2018

Robots are becoming more familiar in our daily lives. In...

2 years to 2020 Tokyo Olympics mascot (4)

Tokyo 1964 and 2020: How the Olympics Have Transformed the City

Robert Whiting October 16, 2018

It is something my wife and I look forward to: every morning we walk along...

UN-RIGHTS

Japanese Academics’ Open Letter to U.N. Rights Body: CERD Report Bears ‘Distinct Ideological Bias’

JAPAN Forward October 15, 2018

The following letter was submitted to JAPAN Forward by Japanese academics with a...

Special Exhibition Swords of Kyoto

Swords of Kyoto: A Special Exhibition of Master Craftsmanship from An Elegant Culture

Paul Martin October 14, 2018

A spectacular new sword exhibition has opened at Kyoto National...

Japan Vermeer Exhibition 2018

View Dutch Painter Johannes Vermeer’s Masterpieces in Tokyo and Osaka

Sankei Shimbun October 13, 2018

By The Sankei Shimbun An exhibition of works by Dutch...

Japan US War Brides

Documentary Aims to Wipe Away Society’s Misunderstanding of War Brides

Yukako Ueki October 13, 2018

By Yukako Ueki Children of Japanese “war brides” are...

Saudi Arabia Pakistan

China’s BRI, Saudi Arabia, and the Confusing Game Inside Pakistan

Dr Monika Chansoria October 12, 2018

It took close to 22 years for Imran Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party...

Last Days of Japan's Tsukiji Fish Market

Sayonara to Tsukiji: Japan’s Fish Business Moves On

Peter Tasker, Arcus Research October 11, 2018

It is the end of an era. After 83 years in...

How Can You Get Into the Heart of Japan?

Walking Tour, or How Else Can You Get Into the Heart of Japan?

Barry Barankin October 10, 2018

It started in the fall of 2014. Fresh from an exhilarating...

CHINA-IBSEN/PLAY

In China, Foreign Media Is Not the ‘Enemy of the People’

Kinya Fujimoto, Sankei Shimbun October 10, 2018

A German theatrical company recently performed a play at a theater in...

comfort women

Mutual Trust Gone, Osaka Ends Ties with San Francisco Over ‘Comfort Women’ Statue

Sankei Shimbun October 9, 2018

The 61-year-old sister city relationship between Osaka Japan and San Francisco...