News | JAPAN Forward - Part 685

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Donations, Original Works Keep Shiki Theatre Moving Forward Amid the Pandemic

Keiko Mizunuma October 30, 2020

Above: Shiki Theatre Company's original production titled 'Robot in the Garden' opened at Tokyo’s...

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[Hidden Wonders of Japan] Find the Colors of Kimetsu no Yaiba in a Garden of Illuminated Flowers

JAPAN Forward October 30, 2020

The beauty of things seasonal lie in their ephemeral nature - that fleeting...

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Australia Joins the Malabar: This ‘Sea Foam’ Seems Destined to Stay

Rupakjyoti Borah October 30, 2020

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in March 2018 had famously dismissed the...

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Japanese Again Takes Home a Nobel — We Mean, the Satiric Prize

Reina Kikkawa October 29, 2020

The Japanese didn’t get any of this year’s Nobel Prizes, but they...

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My Hello Work Diary: The Final Chapter, Filing For Unemployment in Japan

Mo Stone October 29, 2020

We have been coping with the COVID-19 pandemic for over six months...

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EDITORIAL | Japan Shouldn’t Take Russia’s Cyberattacks Sitting Down

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun October 29, 2020

Russia’s military intelligence agency, the GRU, launched a cyberattack in an effort to...

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[A Photographer’s Notes] Is the GoPro Hero9 Black a Viable Stills Camera for Action Sports?

Jason Halayko October 29, 2020

In the world of action sports, GoPro has been integral to capturing amazing video...

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‘Monster’ Inoue Eager to Get Back Into the Ring, Even Without a Crowd on Hand

Shin Sato October 29, 2020

After a year-long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Naoya Inoue (27),...

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Laughter in the Time of COVID-19: Traditional Japanese Comedy Rakugo Goes Online

Arielle Busetto October 28, 2020

~~ RELATED: Rakugo Online Part 1: Get Ready to Laugh as JAPAN Forward Streams...

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‘Harmony That Sounds Like Magic’ーFans React to The King’s Singers Online Concert

JAPAN Forward October 28, 2020

“It’s a harmony that sounds like magic” “It’s almost like listening while being...

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[Kimono Style] Tokyo Yuzen Master Celebrates 50 Years of Her Craft

Sheila Cliffe October 28, 2020

Keiko from Taylor Hawkins on Vimeo. There used to be almost 400 dyers of...

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[ODDS and EVENS] Kashiwa Reysol's Michael Olunga Maintains Torrid Goal-Scoring Pace

Ed Odeven October 28, 2020

Scoring goals on a consistent basis requires a special set of skills. ...