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- 15/12/19 > Among Japan’s Most Important Living Contemporary Artists, Yoshitomo Nara Now Wishes To Participate In Small-Scale Exhibitions : one of the key sacred sites of the Ainu (the indigenous people of Hokkaido), lost somewhere in the Japanese countryside. For him, the type of institution or the size of a space is less important than ...
- 15/12/19 > 2-time major champ Naomi Osaka hires Wim Fissette as coach : Two-time major champion Naomi Osaka moved on to her fourth coach in less than a year ... Last February, shortly after winning the championship in Melbourne and becoming the first top-ranked tennis ...
- 15/12/19 > Tokyo’s new stadium: A masterpiece by Japan’s Kengo Kuma : They are located at the Aoyama Gate entrance. The venue will be open to the general public on Dec. 21, which will also feature a visit by eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt. The first real ...
- 15/12/19 > Japan Felt It Had No Choice But To Attack Pearl Harbor (Was Tokyo Right?) : Hitler, who was already planning to start a war in Europe, was hoping that the Tripartite Pact would encourage Japan to invade the British holdings in the Far East to pin down forces already there. At ...
- 15/12/19 > Activism Engulfs Japan as Firms Go Hostile, Investors Speak Out : Record shareholder activism is combining with rare hostile takeover bids in Japan, in a trend that’s seen as good news for investors in the country’s $6.2 trillion stock market. Activists such as ...
- 15/12/19 > Japan-Korea: What’s in a Flag? : In a sense, the issue of the Rising Sun Flag is perhaps the best representation of the current state of Japan-South Korea relations. The situation has evolved into one in which people are seeking not ...
- 13/12/19 > Cries of abuse in Catholic Church start to be heard in Japan : “I want my dignity back, and I felt I had to act,” she said. She said a few other victims in Japan have contacted her. Takenaka and Suzuki talked by phone for the first time recently, although they ...
- 13/12/19 > Japan court rejects radiation lawsuit over 1954 U.S. nuke tests : It also noted that the 20-year statute of limitations had expired. At least 1,000 Japanese fishing boats were believed to be in the area around the time the bombs were tested. Records of only one ship ...
- 13/12/19 > Japan PM postpones trip to India’s violence-hit northeast : Suga said Japan and India have been holding annual visits by the two leaders and will decide on Abe’s trip to India “at an appropriate time convenient for both sides.” Violence in Assam has been ...
- 13/12/19 > Japan to issue extra deficit-financing bonds for first time in three years : TOKYO, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Japan's cabinet will issue additional deficit-covering bonds for the first time since 2016 to make up for a tax revenue shortfall due to a slump in exports caused by the Sino ...