News | JAPAN Forward - Part 690

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Japan-U.S. Agreement Promises to Put Japanese Astronauts on the Moon Within 10 Years

The Sankei Shimbun July 13, 2020

Japan and the United States on Friday, July 10, issued a joint declaration,...

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Territorial Expansion: Xi Jinping Aggressively Pushes What Deng Xiaoping Strategically Delayed

Dr Monika Chansoria July 13, 2020

While the world is grappling with the coronavirus pandemic that originated in Wuhan,...

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[JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK] SOCCER | Gamba Osaka’s Yasuhito Endo Sets Mark for Most Appearances in J1

Ed Odeven July 12, 2020

Durability is a defining trait of Yasuhito Endo’s soccer career. The Kagoshima...

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[Bookmark] INTERVIEW | Former Governor Chris Patten Worried About Hong Kong’s Future

Kazumasa Bando July 11, 2020

[Bookmark] is a new JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for...

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PHOTOS | From a Helicopter, Northern Kyushu Seems Just Like a Sea of Mud

Yukiko Une July 11, 2020

Looking down from a helicopter on the morning of Wednesday, July...

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RUGBY | Ex-Scotland Captain Greig Laidlaw Signs with Top League’s NTT Communications Shining Arcs

Ed Odeven July 10, 2020

Former Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw will resume his club career with the NTT...

[Eternal Hokusai] Japanese Art Icon Among Second Millennium’s Most Important People

Yukihiro Watanabe July 10, 2020

(Introduction to a series on one of Japan’s artistic icons, Hokusai) Other parts of the...

The Satisfying Tradition of Wanko Soba Amid COVID-19

[Hidden Wonders of Japan] The Satisfying Tradition of Wanko Soba Amid COVID-19

JAPAN Forward July 10, 2020

Have you ever heard of wanko soba? For those with a hefty...

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‘e-ZONe’: Japan’s First Esports Hotel Opens in Osaka

Arielle Busetto July 10, 2020

On July 3, the first esports hotel in Japan opened its doors to...

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BOOK REVIEW | ‘A Social History of the Ise Shrines: Divine Capital’ by Mark Teeuwen and John Breen

Jason Morgan July 10, 2020

Out of the way and nestled in the foothill forests of the Shima...

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INTERVIEW | Dr. Shinya Yamanaka: How Society Can Learn to Coexist with COVID-19

Dai Kuwamura July 9, 2020

The Sankei Shimbun and JAPAN Forward recently caught up with Dr. Shinya Yamanaka,...

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[Corona ni Makeruna] Martial Arts, Dining, Concerts, Tutoring and the New ‘Business as Usual’

The Sankei Shimbun July 9, 2020

A slogan which many have been sharing in Japan on SNS and mainstream...