News | JAPAN Forward - Part 681

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Finding the Rhythm of the Seasons in Sapporo’s Coronavirus Gardens

Agnes Tandler August 11, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has set off a gardening boom. What can we learn...

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The Lee Teng-hui I Knew: Taiwan’s Straight-talking Reformer Took the Long View

Nobuyuki Yoshida August 11, 2020

I arrived in Taipei, Taiwan, as The Sankei Shimbun bureau chief in January...

Japan-U.K. Veterans meeting at Yasukuni Shrine in 1995 photo by Akiko Macdonald

Daughter of the ‘Enemy’ Speaks of Reconciliation 75 Years After the End of WWII

Akiko Macdonald August 11, 2020

2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of...

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My Grandfather’s Photographs: Remembering the Olympian Who Survived the Atomic Bomb

Shunsuke Suzuki August 11, 2020

The grandson of a Hiroshima atomic bomb victim who competed in the 1936...

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70 Years On, Give Japan’s Self Defense Force the Recognition It Deserves

Robert D Eldridge, PhD August 10, 2020

August 10 marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the National...

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Is Tawang, Home of Tibetan Buddhism’s 2nd Largest Monastery, China’s Next Territorial Target in India?

Dr Monika Chansoria August 10, 2020

Tibetan Buddhism's Tawang Monastery in India (Author Vikramjit Kakati, C C License, Wikimedia Commons)...

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[Speaking Out] Let’s Bring Back Japan’s Kindness and Consideration of Others

Yoshiko Sakurai, Japan Institute for National Fundamentals August 10, 2020

After Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency in April, Japanese...

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A Visit to Osutaka Ridge: Remembering Those Who Died in the JAL123 Crash

David Spurr August 10, 2020

Visiting Osutaka Ridge It’s July 2020 and I’m standing at Osutaka...

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INTERVIEW | Uniqlo’s Tadashi Yanai on What the Virus Crisis Should Inspire in Young People

Yukako Hino August 10, 2020

UNIQLO and Fast Retailing Co. chairman and president Tadashi Yanai brushes aside concerns...

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[JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK] Golfer Yui Kawamoto Grateful for Chance to Focus on Her Craft Again

Ed Odeven August 9, 2020

Yui Kawamoto made a solid return to competition last weekend after the LPGA's...

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[Eternal Hokusai] Introducing ‘The Great Edo Almanac’ Exhibition

Takemura Makoto August 8, 2020

"The Red Demon Queller" (1846) by Katsushika Hokusai (ink and color on silk) and Curator...

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[Hidden Wonders of Japan] Have You Seen a UFO Lately?

Nobuo Serizawa August 7, 2020

The buzz over whether a white object observed hovering in the skies over...