News | JAPAN Forward - Part 646

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[Speaking Out] Japan Should Also Impose Sanctions on China

Takashi Arimoto, Sankei Shimbun April 5, 2021

Human rights exist irrespective of the closeness or distance of one country to another....

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[Bookmark] The Substance of Contracts: Why Ramseyer is Correct About Korean Sex Workers

Lee Wooyoun April 4, 2021

Parents’ agreement to what their daughters were being recruited for was indisputably the “contracts.”...

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[JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK] Formula One Rookie Yuki Tsunoda Impresses With Ninth-Place Finish in Debut Race

Ed Odeven April 4, 2021

The AlphaTauri driver passed Lance Stroll on the final lap to earn points at...

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[Bookmark] Controversy Over Harvard Article Can’t Erase the Facts of Comfort Women Contracts

Lee Wooyoun April 3, 2021

Here is a case study that explores how contract negotiations were carried out and...

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[Corona ni Makeruna] Sweet-scented Weeping Plum Blossoms Intoxicate at Mie’s ‘Suzuka Forest Garden’

Kota Kiriyama April 3, 2021

With more than 200 weeping plum trees and master craftsmen tending its landscape, the...

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Haruki Murakami’s new Line of T-Shirts in collaboration with UNIQLO: Now on Sale

grape Japan April 2, 2021

Besides the motifs inspired by Haruki Murakami's literature works, you’ll also discover his passion...

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[Hidden Wonders of Japan] Cuteness Overload at Japan's First Micro Pig Cafe

Miho Suzuki April 2, 2021

Follow along a narrow path parallel to Takeshita Street in Tokyo’s Harajuku area and...

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The Chinese are Starting to Love ‘Things Japanese,’ and It’s a Good Thing

Seki Hei April 2, 2021

But the attraction is probably making the Chinese people recall the cultural scent of...

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INTERVIEW | Attack on Titan Director Reveals Secrets Behind His Style in the Final Season

Arielle Busetto April 2, 2021

Studio MAPPA’s Yuichiro Hayashi took over as director of Attack on Titan from...

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking during a meeting with employees of the nuclear industry on their professional holiday, Nuclear Industry Worker's Day, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

EDITORIAL | Japan, G7 Must Join Ukraine in Condemning Russia’s Illegal Crimea Grab

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun April 2, 2021

Russia, like China, flagrantly violates international law by taking the territory of other countries....

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Japanese University Tackles Problems of Drylands, Home to 2 Billion People

The Sankei Shimbun April 2, 2021

“There is a direct link between drylands and Japanese kitchens, where imported wheat and...

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INTERVIEW | Attack on Titan Director Attributes Popularity to ‘Reflecting Darkness in Society’

Arielle Busetto April 1, 2021

"The story deals with problems that every country and every person might be involved...