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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
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Emperor Showa Favored Japan’s Rearmament, Documents Reveal
Michiji Tajima, the first grand steward of the Imperial Household Agency, kept detailed records of his audiences with
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Osaka University Team Does World’s First Successful iPS Cell-Derived Corneal Transplant
A team of researchers led by Osaka University Professor Koji Nishida has successfully treated an eye disease patient b
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Arrested Hong Kong Leader Andy Chan: ‘Burn China with Us’
Andy Chan Ho-Tin is the founder of the Hong Kong National Party and a world-renowned champion of democracy […