News | JAPAN Forward - Part 681

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Okuizumo Town Sells ‘Demon Slayer’-Like Black Sword to Promote Steelmaking

The Sankei Shimbun October 9, 2020

A Japanese sword resembling the style of the “Nichirin Blade,” a black sword...

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Hygienic Japan is Where Most Tourists Want to Go After the Pandemic

JAPAN Forward October 9, 2020

Japan is the most popular international destination for tourism after the coronavirus pandemic...

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BOOK REVIEW | ‘Sharing a House with the Never Ending Man: 15 Years at Studio Ghibli’ by Steve Alpert

Peter Tasker, Arcus Research October 9, 2020

“Miyazaki and I… were first shown clips from Fantasia 2000, which was then...

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[ODDS and EVENS] Dragons Lefty Yudai Ono's Workhorse Mentality Leads to Career-high Number of Complete Games

Ed Odeven October 8, 2020

Nowadays, baseball observers and participants don't expect starting pitchers to go the distance....

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Kadokawa Culture Museum: Landmark by Kengo Kuma Offers Limitless Discoveries

Mariko Azuma October 8, 2020

Within a 10-minute walk from the Higashi-Tokorozawa Station on the JR Musashino Line,...

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Will Good News on Tokyo’s Falling COVID-19 Death Rate Help in the Coming Flu Season?

Arielle Busetto October 8, 2020

It’s all anybody can talk about in this period of COVID-19: what will...

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[Eternal Hokusai] The Master’s Obsession with Waves

Frank Witkam October 8, 2020

(Above) Waves at Matsushima (17th century) by Tawaraya Sōtatsu Part 6 of a series marking the...

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EDITORIAL | Tokyo Stock Exchange System Glitch Could Hinder Market Credibility

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun October 8, 2020

A system failure on October 1 brought a halt to all equities...

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The Importance of the India-Japan JIMEX 20 Naval Exercises

Rupakjyoti Borah October 7, 2020

The recently concluded JIMEX 20 naval exercises between the Indian Navy and Japan...

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Uyghurs, Tibetans in Japan Decry Beijing’s Oppression of Human Rights in their Homelands at Diet Meeting

The Sankei Shimbun October 7, 2020

China’s National Day, October 1, was not a cause for celebration among the...

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The Ramen Bracket on JAPAN Forward: Awesome Eight

JAPAN Forward October 7, 2020

September in Japan is the beginning of the ‘autumn of appetite’ (shokuyoku no aki...

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[Mythbusters] NYT Reporter Goes Round and Round Looking for Ways to Denigrate Japan

Earl Kinmonth October 7, 2020

Shortly before the Toshimaen amusement park in Tokyo closed on August 31, Motoko...