Special Reports
EDITORIAL | Dissolving ‘Comfort Women’ Foundation, South Korea Puts Ties With Japan at Risk
The Sankei Shimbun Trampling on a key bilateral accord, the South Korean government announced on November […]
Special Reports
Let’s Not Aid South Korean Supreme Court’s Misperception of Facts on Wartime Labor
Just after the South Korean Supreme Court ruled that Japan’s Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation should […]
Special Reports
How Japan Should Respond to BTS’ Non-Apology Over the A-Bomb T-Shirt
In pictures that started appearing online in October, Jimin of the Korean boy band BTS is shown […]
Culture & Society
‘Beautiful Japan’ 2018 Photo Contest Captures New Generation’s Perspective
“Beautiful Japan,” the 16th photo contest sponsored by The Sankei Shimbun and Beyond 2020, announced the winners […]
Diplomacy & Security
Japan’s ODA to China—End of a Momentous Foreign Policy Failure
The Japanese government announced the end of its official development assistance (ODA) to China in late October. […]
Special Reports
Ex-Interpol Chief’s Wife Remains Secretive Amid Claims of Chinese Persecution
The wife of former Interpol president Meng Hongwei agreed to be interviewed by The Sankei Shimbun on October […]
Culture & Society
[INTERVIEW] Actress Catherine Deneuve on Choosing Films and Accepting the 2018 Praemium Imperiale Award
French actress Catherine Deneuve is set to receive the Japan Art Association’s annual Praemium Imperiale Award for Theather and […]
Culture & Society
View Dutch Painter Johannes Vermeer’s Masterpieces in Tokyo and Osaka
By The Sankei Shimbun An exhibition of works by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer opened at the […]
Politics
In China, Foreign Media Is Not the ‘Enemy of the People’
A German theatrical company recently performed a play at a theater in Beijing. The play was An Enemy […]
Culture & Society
‘Neko Dokoro’: Photographer Shuji Ozaki Releases Cat Calendar for 2019
JAPAN Forward contributing photographer Shuji Ozaki is a notorious cat lover. It is therefore no surprise that […]
Culture & Society
Sophia University Team Wins UNIDOL 2018, Sankei’s Girl Idol-Inspired Competition
Idol culture — large girl groups dressed in identical outfits singing and dancing to upbeat […]
Politics
Prime Minister Abe Aims for National Referendum to Revise the Constitution
By Fumito Ishibashi Shinzo Abe secured a third three-year term of office in the latest leadership […]