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Roger Dahl on Japan's 'zombienomics'

Roger Dahl on Japan's 'zombienomics' | ROGER DAHL

Roger Dahl on Japan's 'zombienomics' | ROGER DAHL

Oct 17, 2020

$Roger Dahl on Japan\'s \'zombienomics\' | ROGER DAHL$

Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.

Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?

By Tomoko Otake

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.

From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past

By Alex K.T. Martin

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Foreign wrestlers have a long history in sumo

Foreign wrestlers have a long history in sumo

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