News | JAPAN Forward - Part 757

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Carlos Ghosn as Fugitive Creates Another Problem for the Japanese Government

The Sankei Shimbun January 6, 2020

Certain names are indelibly inscribed in the history of crime. Take for...

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INTERVIEW | Jim Auer: Japan-U.S. ‘Extremely Important’ for Asia-Pacific Security

JAPAN Forward January 6, 2020

Dr. James (Jim) Auer, a keen observer of United States-Japan and the...

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Japan in 2020: Making Sense of Professors in Overwhelmingly Insular American Universities

Mark Ramseyer January 4, 2020

The author looks at studies of the political affiliations of American university professors to...

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Nanshun Kyokudo: An American Falls in Love With Traditional Japanese Storytelling

John O'Donoghue January 3, 2020

Nanshun Kyokudo is not your typical Sakamoto Ryoma fan. For starters, she only...

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Japan in 2020: Foreign and Security Policy From Caution to Candor

Dr Monika Chansoria January 3, 2020

As the New Year 2020 begins, Rei (令) – the first character of...

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INTERVIEW | Ex-President Chen Shui-bian: With No Action, Taiwan Will Be Swallowed by China

Akio Yaita, Sankei Shimbun January 2, 2020

Chen Shui-bian, president of Taiwan from 2000 to 2008, observes that China has,...

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Japan in 2020: Get Ready for the Geopolitical Olympics

Peter Tasker, Arcus Research January 2, 2020

According to Vladimir Lenin, “There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when...

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Fuji TV Exclusive: How An Aspiring Vietnamese Actress Became One of Kim Jong Nam’s Assassins

Arielle Busetto January 2, 2020

On February 13, 2017, a crime shocked the world. Kim Jong Nam, the...

Harmony is Shoko Kanazawa's 2020 New Year Kanji

'Wa’ — Harmony — is Shoko Kanazawa’s 1st Reiwa New Year Kanji for JAPAN Forward Readers

Yasuo Naito, Editor in Chief January 1, 2020

Shoko Kanazawa, 34, a Japanese calligrapher who also happens to have Down...

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Ghosn With the Wind

Earl Kinmonth December 31, 2019

Going, Going, Ghosn Early this morning Japanese media, relying on foreign news...

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British Guy, Japanese In-Law, One House Equals NHK World’s Hit Comedy ‘Home Sweet Tokyo’

Louise George Kittaka December 30, 2019

Japanese TV has occasionally tried portraying international marriage. One recent example is...

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Teaching English in Japan: Going Off-Script in Elementary School

Senol Hasan December 30, 2019

As the clock strikes 8 A.M., Big Ben’s chime rings out through my school’s...