News | JAPAN Forward - Part 661

Japan Defense Minister Nobuo Kishii

PM Suga’s Choice of Defense Minister Signals a Taiwan-Friendly Administration

Masataka Mine, Sankei Shimbun October 7, 2020

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s choice of Nobuo Kishi as defense minister has belied expectations...

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Travel Website MATCHA Launches Support Page for Tourism Initiatives Around Japan

Arielle Busetto October 6, 2020

Around the world the arrival of autumn has been accompanied by economic instability due...

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teamLab’s autumn mountain forest exhibition lights up historic Kyushu park with signature digital art

grape Japan October 6, 2020

teamLab’s interactive digital art exhibitions have become a favourite of Instagrammers thanks to the...

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Miracle Dog ‘Bunpuku’ Watches Over the Dying at Japanese Nursing Home

Mami Toya October 6, 2020

Bunpuku, a mixed-breed dog has a mysterious capacity for knowing when residents are approaching...

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EDITORIAL | Government Meddling? Or does the Science Council of Japan Need Drastic Reform?

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun October 6, 2020

Chinese ground crew members inspect a J-20 stealth fighter in Chengdu, in southwest China's...

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[Asia’s Next Page] Suga, India-Japan Ties and the Domestic Drawing

Jagannath Panda October 6, 2020

Japan’s longest serving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe etched a global leadership role for...

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Kamogawa Sea World at 50: Looking Ahead, More Important than Ever to the Preservation of Japan’s Marine Species

Hiroshi Katsumata October 6, 2020

The bottlenose dolphins "Slim" with "Sunny," the first born in Japan from artificial insemination. July...

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BASKETBALL | B. League Completes Action-packed Opening Week

Ed Odeven October 5, 2020

The B. League ushered in the 2020-21 season with 20 games in the...

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[A Photographer’s Notes] Test Shooting the Fujifilm 50mm f/1 Lens with B-Girl Ayu

Jason Halayko October 5, 2020

If you follow my photography or have watched a few of my YouTube...

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Pioneer Japanese Designer Kenzo Takada, 1939-2020, Falls to COVID-19

Arielle Busetto October 5, 2020

Kenzo Takada, founder of the internationally renowned fashion design brand KENZO, has passed...

QUAD Flags, Japan, India, New Zealand, U.S.

Can the Quad Deliver? China’s Predatory, Revisionist Ways Should No Longer Go Unchallenged

Dr Monika Chansoria October 5, 2020

The second foreign ministers’ meet of the Australia-India-Japan-United States “Quad” is scheduled for...

U.S. President Donald Trump, who is being treated for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in a military hospital outside Washington, makes announcement via video

EDITORIAL: Preserve Democracy, Ensure U.S. Election Pushes Through Despite Trump’s Illness

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun October 5, 2020

United States President Donald Trump has tested positive for COVID-19, it emerged on...