06/30/2022
ABC
"Kishida becomes first Japanese PM to attend NATO leaders summit"
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has become the first Japanese leader to attend a NATO leaders summit as NATO turns its focus to China and the Asia Pacific. At the meeting in Madrid, N... Read the article.
06/30/2022
Times Higher Education
"Japan set 2027 deadline to recover international student numbers"
Policy welcome, but Japan ‘must address uncertainty’ around future Covid waves, academics say... Read the article.
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06/29/2022
Kyodo News
"Focus: Pragmatist Kishida reworks Japan diplomacy amid Russia, China threats"
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is projecting himself as a pragmatic leader whose diplomatic decisions can be unconventional. ... Read the article.
06/28/2022
The Diplomat
"Same-Sex Marriage Ban Continues in Japan "
Same-sex couples will continue to remain legally discriminated against in Japan, as the Osaka district court declared that the country’s ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional.... Read the article.
06/27/2022
South China Morning Post
"Japan's snub of talks with South Korea on sidelines of Nato summit a 'missed opportunity'"
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has turned down one-on-one talks with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on the sidelines on this week's Nato summit in Madrid, apparently o... Read the article.
06/21/2022
Associated Press
"Black Americans living abroad reflect on Juneteenth holiday"
Michael Williams teaches African American history at Temple University in Tokyo and left the U.S. when he was 22. He’s now 66 and had lived abroad for much of his adult life, but r... Read the article.
06/20/2022
Shukan Economist Online
"英国人が日本人に着物文化を発信する不思議 着物研究家、シーラ・クリフさん"
日本に来た1980年代当時はインターネットもないし、情報が限られていました。着付け教室の存在を知って学び始めたものの、初心者クラスを終了しただけではウールの普段着しか着られなくて、絹の着物を着るには次... Read the article.
06/20/2022
Al Jazeera
"Japan court upholds ban on same-sex marriage"
The court in Osaka has “essentially punted and threw the issue to the Diet for legislative action,” said Jeff Kingston, professor of history and Asian studies at the Temple Univers... Read the article.
06/20/2022
Euromoney Country Risk
"Depreciating yen is an oppourtunity"
Investors in Japan are at least being presented with a consistent picture. The risks there have been increasing during the past five and 10 years, and so far this year a similar pa... Read the article.
06/15/2022
The Asia-Pacific Journal
"Fukushima's Dueling Museums"
In Fukushima there are two museums that present different narratives of the 3.11 natural disaster and nuclear crisis. TEPCO’s Decommissioning Archive Center focuses on the nuclear... Read the article.
06/14/2022
Kyodo News
"16 Japan universities team up to accept students from war-hit Ukraine"
Other universities participating in the program are Keio University, Waseda University, Kansai Gaidai University, Kansai University of International Studies, Temple University Japa... Read the article.
06/14/2022
Pacific Stars & Stripes
"China asserts jurisdiction over Taiwan Strait, shuns ‘international waters’ stance by US"
By claiming the Taiwan Strait as its own, China may be laying a basis to deny foreign military vessels access to those waters, according to James Brown, an international affairs ex... Read the article.
06/13/2022
Daigaku Journal Online
"ウクライナ出身アーティストによる講演会 昭和女子大学で開催 "
2022年5月13日、昭和女子大学はウクライナ出身の現代美術作家ヴィクトリア・ソロチンスキーさんによる講演会「生命を夢見て:ウクライナと共に」を開催した。チャリティー個展のため来日する機会にあわせ、日... Read the article.
06/10/2022
South China Morning Post
"Japan’s Kishida to send China a warning on Taiwan at Singapore’s Shangri-La Dialogue, analysts say"
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is expected to use his keynote speech at a security forum in Singapore on Friday to send a warning to China about the dangers of using force t... Read the article.
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06/08/2022
South China Morning Post
"China ‘testing’ Tokyo with ocean survey, analysts say"
06/08/2022
The Japan Times
"What to expect at the upcoming IISS Shangri-La Dialogue"
Following a two-year hiatus prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue — a major international defense and security forum — is returning to Singapore, running ... Read the article.
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06/07/2022
NHK
"ウクライナの学生 全国15大学で受け入れへ 支援団体が会見"
ウクライナの大学生などの受け入れを支援している民間の団体が会見し、早稲田大学や慶応大学など全国15の大学などと連携して受け入れを進めていくことを明らかにしました。... Read the article.
06/07/2022
South China Morning Post
"China ‘testing’ Tokyo with underwater survey off Japan’s coast, analysts say"
Japan has reacted angrily after a Chinese government vessel was detected apparently conducting an underwater survey without permission within Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) ... Read the article.
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06/05/2022
Nihon Keizai Shinbun
"ブロードウェーで生きる 日本人敏腕プロデューサー"
世界中から才気あふれる俳優や演劇・音楽関係者が集うミュージカル界の頂点、米ニューヨークのブロードウェー。新型コロナウイルス禍の劇場街は1年半にわたって閉鎖という前例のない事態に見舞われた。... Read the article.
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06/01/2022
South China Morning Post
"How a marine survey in disputed waters is affecting South Korea's long turbulent ties with Japan"
06/01/2022
The Strait Times
"Checkpoint expansion a necessary Step (Opinion)"
In a significant redrawing of Singapore’s future landscape, the Woodlands Checkpoint will be expanded to meet traffic demand down the road. ... Read the article.
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06/01/2022
The Strait Times
"The Quad and the triple threats to Japan's security"
The approach of Chinese and Russian strategic bombers to Japan's airspace, followed a day later by North Korea's missile tests, vividly demonstrate that Japan is facing threats on ... Read the article.
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