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Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’
By Shaun McKenna - Alex K.T. Martin - Moeka Iida - Yukana Inoue
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Japan’s summer music festivals are feeling the heat in more ways than one
By Shaun McKenna - Patrick St. Michel
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Tokyo underground: The city beneath our feet
By Shaun McKenna - Alex K.T. Martin
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The sweaty pleasure of Japan’s inconvenient art
By Shaun McKenna - Thu-Huong Ha
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What does climate change sound like in Okinawa?
By Shaun McKenna - Chris Russell
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[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think
By Shaun McKenna - Oscar Boyd
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Sakura stories revisited: Getting in the mood for hanami
By Shaun McKenna - Jason Jenkins - Alyssa I. Smith
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A lawsuit puts alleged racial profiling by police on trial in Japan
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[Rebroadcast] Traveling Okinawa with a broken heart
By Lance Henderstein - Shaun McKenna
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A young 3/11 survivor and her vow to protect the ocean
By Mara Budgen - Miku Narisawa
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From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Government and bad actors are at the root of the foreign national issue
A maiko walks down a street crowded with tourists in Kyoto. Challenges that come with a massive influx of overseas visitors and foreign nationals buying up real estate are just some of the immigration problems that have become hot-button political issues in Japan.
Japan lawmakers eye firm response to Chinese envoy's threat to behead PM
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a Lower House Budget Committee meeting on Friday.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
By Yukana Inoue

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.

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