Society
Social Series
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Tokyo: 100 Years of Urban Regeneration / Bay Area Skyline Changing As ‘Towering Condominiums’ Spring Up
The Tsukishima area in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, is nicknamed Monja Street, a name that comes from the many ...
August 28, 2023
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Tokyo: 100 Years of Urban Regeneration / Tokyo Grows Its Luxury Real Estate to Attract World’s Rich
This is the second installment in a series looking at lessons that can be learned from the past as T...
August 27, 2023
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Tokyo: 100 Years of Urban Regeneration / Great Kanto Quake Shaped Development of Capital’s Central District
The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 drastically changed urban development in Japan, raising awareness...
August 27, 2023
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Raising Naomi Osaka, as Told by Her Mother / Emotional Milestones Included Encounter with Idolized Role Model
Naomi Osaka had just won her first tournament as a pro, but that wasn’t what was causing all of the...
August 12, 2023
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Raising Naomi, as Told by Her Mother / Naomi Osaka’s Mother Sustained Family on 3 hrs of Sleep
This is the second installment in a three-part series of interviews with Tamaki Osaka, mother of for...
August 11, 2023
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Raising Naomi, as Told by Her Mother / Naomi Osaka’s Mother Dreamed of Tennis-Playing Sisters
Naomi Osaka, a former world No. 1 in women’s professional tennis, recently gave birth to her first ...
August 10, 2023
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Amazing Nippon / Japan’s Public Toilets and Vending Machines Impress Tourists
This is the fifth and final installment of a series exploring places that attract overseas visitors,...
August 9, 2023
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Amazing Nippon / Japan-Made Whisky, Wine Beloved by Foreign Tourists
This is the fourth installment of a series exploring places that attract overseas visitors, allowing...
August 8, 2023
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Amazing Nippon / Fun and Games: Claw Machine, Capsule Toy Arcades Prove Hit with Overseas Visitors
Excitement bubbled among a group of overseas visitors as they tried to snare a claw-machine prize at...
August 7, 2023
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Amazing Nippon / Tourists to Japan Enjoy Bento Making Classes, Cookware
At Kawaii Cooking, a cooking class aimed at foreigners, Jonathon Pentecost, 47, and his family, made...
August 6, 2023
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Amazing Nippon / Digital Art Museum in Tokyo Enchants Overseas Tourists
Foreign tourists have started returning to Japan following the easing of COVID-19-related travel res...
August 5, 2023
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1 Year Since Abe Shooting / Abe’s Death Left LDP Without Figure to Unite Party Conservatives
One year has passed since former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot to death while giving a campaign...
July 11, 2023
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1 Year Since Abe Shooting / Japan Weighs How Best to Protect Dignitaries Against ‘Lone-wolf’ Attacks
One year has passed since former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot to death while giving a campaign...
July 11, 2023
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1 Year Since Abe Shooting / Suspect Lionized on Fringes of Society
One year has passed since former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot to death while giving a campaign...
July 8, 2023
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Emperor in Reiwa Era — 1st Goodwill Visit / Japan Emperor Strives to Encourage Young Indonesians
The Emperor on Thursday emphasized the importance of “exchanges among the younger generation” ahead ...
June 18, 2023
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