News | JAPAN Forward - Part 792

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How we became modern: a trip to Tokyo Advertising Museum

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The Tokyo Advertising Museum in Shinbashi is the only museum dedicated to the history...

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[Speaking Out] COVID-19 Outbreak Just the Tip of the Iceberg in North Korea’s Crisis

Tsutomu Nishioka August 4, 2020

Ending a claim that there is no novel coronavirus patient in the...

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SUMO | Former Ozeki Terunofuji Captures July Grand Sumo Tournament Title

Ed Odeven August 3, 2020

~~ Perseverance paid off for former ozeki Terunofuji. The former ozeki, who has contemplated...

Japan Emperor's 60th Birthday

Japan Should Not Dishonor the Emperor and Empress by Inviting Xi Jinping

Satoshi Kuwahara August 3, 2020

In 2019, the Japanese government announced that it would invite Chinese President...

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Bicycling Through Japan: Tokyo to Hokkaido, Building Confidence for Whatever Comes Next

Julian Israel August 3, 2020

So there it is, done and dusted. I have cycled the length of...

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[Bookmark] Is Japan Putting Up A Good Enough Fight Against China’s Propaganda Warfare?

Jason Morgan, Reitaku University August 2, 2020

Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the...

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[JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK] Tennis Calendar Hit Hard by COVID-19 Pandemic

Ed Odeven August 2, 2020

The Rakuten Japan Open, a men's ATP Tour event, was canceled in...

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[Bookmark] Taking Back the Olympics: Movies to Binge On While Waiting for the Games

Peter Tasker, Arcus Research August 1, 2020

Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the...

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BASEBALL | Nomomania: An Inside Look at How the Dodgers Handled the Media Demands

Ed Odeven August 1, 2020

Third in a series In decades past, the 162-game Major League Baseball season was...

[Corona ni Makeruna] Lead Vaccine Researcher Ryuichi Morishita Shows Optimism for Japan’s DNA Plasmid Vaccine

Arielle Busetto July 31, 2020

How is Japan getting on in the race towards a vaccine? JAPAN Forward visited...

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Wakeup Call: Japan’s Smoking Problem is Bad for Health, Worse for the Environment

Robert D Eldridge, PhD July 31, 2020

As readers who have lived here for any length of time will recognize,...

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The ‘Taiwan Consciousness’ Forged by Lee Teng-hui Remains the Greatest Deterrent to Xi Jinping’s Ambition

Yoshiaki Nishimi July 31, 2020

Lee Teng-hui may be gone, but the sense of self-identity among the...