Society
Social Series
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Olympic scandal / Over ¥30 billion in commissions paid to Dentsu without proper bidding by sponsors
The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office’s special investigation squad last week indicted Haruyu...
October 25, 2022
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Tourism industry eyes recovery as Japan opens doors to individual travelers
The Yomiuri ShimbunVisitors are seen in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Oct. 8. By Kentaro Kuroki an...
October 11, 2022
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In search of lost time 20 years after Pyongyang summit / Relatives of Japanese possibly abducted by North Korea continue fight for missing relatives
This is the fifth and final installment of a series reflecting on the experiences of Japanese nation...
September 26, 2022
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In search of lost time 20 years after Pyongyang summit / Angry over lack of progress, families seek summit
This is the fourth installment of a five-part series reflecting on the experiences of Japanese natio...
September 24, 2022
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In search of lost time 20 years after Pyongyang summit / Younger relatives take over the fight, vow to ‘not let the past fade away’
This is the third installment of a five-part series reflecting on the experiences of Japanese nation...
September 24, 2022
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In search of lost time 20 years after Pyongyang summit / Long fight to bring abductees home from North Korea takes toll on parents
Sakie Yokota, mother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea at age 13, has physically wea...
September 23, 2022
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In search of lost time 20 years after Pyongyang summit / Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea embrace 20 years of freedom, fight for return of others
North Korea admitted to abducting Japanese nationals at the first Japan-North Korea summit held on S...
September 22, 2022
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Reality of overseas organ transplants / Patients struggle amid shortage of donors
In a recently publicized case of suspected organ trafficking, a living donor kidney transplant was c...
August 25, 2022
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Reality of overseas organ transplants / Financially desperate organ donors solicited via social media
“[It] doesn’t matter [where organ donors are found] as [long] as the documents are OK ... [they] jus...
August 24, 2022
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Reality of overseas organ transplants / Kidney patient enters world of under-the-table payoffs
In a recently publicized case of suspected organ trafficking, a living donor kidney transplant was c...
August 23, 2022
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Reality of overseas organ transplants / NPO-related operations in Kyrgyzstan caused harm to recipient
In a recently publicized case of suspected organ trafficking, a living donor kidney transplant was c...
August 22, 2022
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Foreign students return / Support for foreign students helps them adjust to Japanese life
The recent relaxation of entry restrictions for foreigners opened the door again for overseas studen...
August 19, 2022
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Foreign students return / Overseas tech degrees in hand, Japanese language students seek to use skills in Japan
The recent relaxation of entry restrictions for foreigners opened the door again for overseas studen...
August 18, 2022
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Foreign students return / Brazilians of Japanese descent plan soy sauce-based future
“Kannan shinku o norikoete ...” intoned a student in a classroom of Kai Japanese Language School in ...
August 18, 2022
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Foreign students return / Ukrainian students grateful for Japan’s support
In a video posted on YouTube, Ukrainian student Valeriia Savenko introduces herself in Japanese and ...
August 16, 2022
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