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[Mythbusters] ‘Washington Post’ Engages Toro Toro Bomber to Attack Japan
On August 29, 2019, the Washington Post published an article, “Japan is a Trumpian paradise of low immigration rates. It
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Meet the Winners of the 2019 Praemium Imperiale Awards
Now on its 31st year, the Praemium Imperiale Awards, known as the “Nobel Prize of Arts,” announced the 2019 […]
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Japan Art Association Announces Winners of 2019 Praemium Imperiale Awards from Germany, Japan, S. Africa, U.K., U.S.
The Japan Art Association announced on Tuesday, September 17, in various locations around the world the 2019 recipients
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Chiba Towns, Still Without Power, Told to Evacuate Due to Landslide Threats
Residents of the Tateyama and Minamiboso areas in Chiba Prefecture were told Monday morning, September 16, to evacuate
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Dear Megumi: May People Not Forget You’re Waiting to be Rescued from North Korea
Dear Megumi, The summer has come and gone in Japan. The deepening color of the leaves and the […]
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[Mythbusters] Japanese Virgin Sturgeons
The spring and summer months of 2019 have seen a spate of articles about the allegedly high rates […]
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PHOTOS | Chaos at Narita as Typhoon Faxai Leaves Thousands Stranded
The last of the passengers stranded at Narita International Airport had flown out as of Tuesday afternoon, September 1
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Shaoshan Still the Epicenter of the Mao Cult
On a recent visit to the city of Changsha in China’s Hunan province, I took a side trip […]
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Tokyo After Faxai: 3 Dead, more than 50 Injured, 800,000 Households Without Power
Typhoon Faxai hit the Tokyo area past about 5 A.M. on Monday, September 9, causing casualties, damage to […]
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Metro Tokyo Braces for Possible Category 3 Typhoon
Public broadcaster NHK announced early Sunday evening, September 9, that more than 200 flights coming in and out of [&
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INTERVIEW | Gordon Chang: U.S., China Have Reached Tipping Point
(First of Two Parts) The respected American scholar on Asian affairs Gordon Chang recently visited Tokyo to [&hell
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EDITORIAL | Emperor Showa’s ‘Deep Remorse’ Over War Not Incongruous with Seeking Rearmament
Documents detailing conversations spanning the years from 1949 to 1953 between Emperor Hirohito, known posthumously a