Coronavirus
Tokyo Registers Biggest One-Day Spike in New COVID-19 Cases, as Japan Aims for a New Normal
All around the world countries are facing the challenge of balancing a safe return to normal without strangling the econ
Special Reports
Tokyo’s State of Emergency: Strictly Stay At Home, Stand 2 Meters Apart
Governor Yuriko Koike on Monday evening, April 6, gave residents of the wider Tokyo metropolitan area a preview of what
Sports
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Officially Postponed for One Year
It was in the works, but by the evening of Tuesday, March 24 (JST), the decision was official: […]
Sports
EDITORIAL | Can Sapporo be Prepared for the Olympic Marathon in Just 9 Months?
The surprise decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to relocate the marathon and race walking events of t
Sports
EDITORIAL | Tokyo Should Protest IOC’s Transfer of 2020 Olympic Marathon to Sapporo Without Consultation
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is poised to move the 2020 Summer Olympic marathon and race walking events f
Special Reports
[Mythbusters] ‘Washington Post’ Engages Toro Toro Bomber to Attack Japan
On August 29, 2019, the Washington Post published an article, “Japan is a Trumpian paradise of low immigration rates. It
Mayor, Governor Join Hands to Make Osaka ‘A Global City’
Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura and the Governor of Osaka Prefecture Ichiro Matsui have big plans to put the [&hellip
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INTERVIEW | Governor Yuriko Koike Promotes Prosperous Metropolis Beyond Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics
Governor Yuriko Koike is set on her plans for a prosperous Tokyo leading up to and beyond the 2020 […]
Populism Should Be Feared, No Thanks to Koike’s ‘Exclusion’ Policy
Elections can be interesting. I did not think that the recent election was going to be one of any […]