Sports [ODDS and EVENS] Buffaloes Fireballer Yoshinobu Yamamoto Emerges as One of NPB's Best Young Pitchers Ed Odeven August 12, 2020 Yoshinobu Yamamoto possesses an explosive fastball and a determined demeanor on the mound....Read More
Culture 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...Read More
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History Special Coverage 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...Read More
History Olympics & Paralympics Special Coverage 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...Read More
History Politics & Security 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...Read More
Politics & Security 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)...Read More
Culture Special Coverage [Speaking Out] Let’s Bring Back Japan’s Kindness and Consideration of Others Yoshiko Sakurai, Japan Institute for National Fundamentals August 10, 2020 2 After Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency in April, Japanese...Read More
Culture Special Coverage 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...Read More
Economy & Tech Special Coverage 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...Read More
Sports [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...Read More
Culture Special Coverage [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...Read More