Sports
ODDS and EVENS | SWIMMING Olympic Champions Kosuke Kitajima, Ai Shibata Remain Symbols of Inspiration
Victory validates effort. And the emotions that follow a monumental victory ー spontaneous, euphoric, tearful ー can l
Sports
[JAPAN SPORTS NOTEBOOK] After Missing Season-Opening Race, Takuma Sato Gears up for GMR Grand Prix
It’s back to the drawing board for veteran driver Takuma Sato after a disappointing start to his 2020 IndyCar [&hellip
Sports
[Odds and Evens] Tokyo OlympicsーA Conundrum in Real Time
“Nobody knows anything.” That was the late screenwriter and novelist William Goldman’s assessment of Hollywood man
Coronavirus
[Mythbusters] Self-righteous Foreign Correspondents in Japan Claim Freedom to Be Offensive
On May 21, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan (FCCJ) announced that it had removed from its website the [&helli
Coronavirus
[Mythbusters] Why Trash-Talk Japan and Feed the NYT’s Blatantly Racist Editorializing?
On February 26, the New York Times (NYT) published an opinion piece by Koichi Nakano, identified only […]
Sports
Remote Training During COVID-19: Japanese Coach Instructs Kenya Women’s National Volleyball Team 11,000 Km Away
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread worldwide, and Shota Katagiri, a Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer (JOC
Politics & Security
Japan’s COVID-19 Response Hobbled by Outdated Constitution
First of Two Parts (Read Part Two here) The current fight against the novel coronavirus is only […]
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: […]
Travel
Japan Should Look for Tourists Beyond Mainland China
Until the outbreak of COVID-19, tourists from mainland China seemed to be descending in droves on Japanese cities and ru
Special Reports
Shinzo Abe Calls for Temporary Closure of Public Schools Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday, February 27, called for a temporary closure of all public schools in Japan to [&h
Special Reports
[Mythbusters] First, A Flag. Now, A Moustache. What Will South Koreans Whinge About Next?
In the last two months of 2019, two South Korean complaints — allegedly based on the period during which Korea […
Special Reports
Japan in 2020: Get Ready for the Geopolitical Olympics
According to Vladimir Lenin, “There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen.” As Japan moves in