News | JAPAN Forward - Part 812

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[Mythbusters] KIMZNICKERS and the Crass KIMONO Flap

Earl Kinmonth July 3, 2019

For much of May, my Google news alert was peppered with stories about...

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Trump Scares Japan with Talk of ‘Ending’ the U.S.-Japan Defense Alliance - Crazy as it Sounds?

Grant Newsham July 3, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent musings that maybe America should exit the ‘unfair’...

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Japan Risks International Legal Trouble As It Resumes Whaling in Its EEZ

Masaaki Sasaki July 3, 2019

Japan’s commercial whaling industry, resumed after a 30-year pause, is likely to have...

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Young YouTuber Wants to Stay Out of School; People on Tokyo’s Streets Weigh In

Arielle Busetto July 3, 2019

It was the end of a blissfully-long Golden Week holiday in May, but...

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[Blog] Teaching English in Japan - Kindergarten

Senol Hasan July 3, 2019

Teaching English in Japan: Using Songs, Snacks, and Word Games in Kindergarten ...

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Trade War and Immigration Will Be Trump’s 2020 Campaign Issues, Says Expert

Mizuki Okada July 1, 2019

Paul Sracic, who chairs the Department of Politics and International Relations at...

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Japan and India to Jointly Develop Sri Lanka’s East Container Terminal Port

Dr Monika Chansoria July 1, 2019

Prior to hosting the G-20 Summit in Osaka in late June, the...

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Women’s Empowerment is ‘Smart Economic and Defense Policy,’ Says Ivanka Trump at G20

Arielle Busetto July 1, 2019

Women’s empowerment had been a key element on the G20 agenda in the...

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Just in Time for Pride Month: A Self-Guided Pub Crawl Through Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ni-Chome

Mo Stone June 30, 2019

Although Tokyo’s Rainbow Pride has already come and gone, the month of June...

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Trump Dismisses Worries Over Climate Change at Osaka G20 Summit

Arielle Busetto June 30, 2019

Observers who were hoping for more discussions on the environment, plastic waste,...

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What Japan’s Royal Women Wear

Sankei Shimbun June 29, 2019

READ ALSO: Imperial Trivia: The Empress’s Tiara From robe décolleté to...

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‘Strategic Partners’ U.S., China Agree to Resume Trade Talks As Osaka G20 Closes

Arielle Busetto June 29, 2019

The meeting between United States President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping...