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Online Media in Japan: Can the Huffington Approach Succeed? 27 Aug 2013 | 10:25 am
My previous article looked at how election campaigns in Japan have entered the Internet age, and concluded by emphasizing the key role of online media in conveying the messages of politicians to voter...
Koizumi Comes Out Against Nukes 26 Aug 2013 | 04:03 pm
Today’s Mainichi Shimbun carries a column by Yamada Takao introducing some of former Prime Minister Koizumi Jun’ichirō’s observations on Japan’s energy choices. Koizumi, who has retired from politics ...
Caroline Kennedy: A Fresh Face at the US Embassy 26 Aug 2013 | 05:48 am
On July 24, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Caroline Kennedy to be the US ambassador to Japan, the only surviving child of the late President John F. Kennedy. She is nominated as the successor ...
Wanted: An Externally Oriented Japan 23 Aug 2013 | 05:20 am
Hopes for a Period of Political Stability INTERVIEWER Japan just had its House of Councillors election, and the Liberal Democratic Party has a solid majority in both houses now, meaning the end of t...
Clouds over China’s Economy: A Challenge for the New Leadership 22 Aug 2013 | 06:35 am
Late in June this year China’s interbank market (in which banks borrow and lend short-term funds as required for liquidity) experienced a sudden crunch. An overall shortage of funds caused interest ra...
How Japan Honors Its War Dead: The Coexistence of Complementary Systems 21 Aug 2013 | 01:05 pm
The memorialization of the war dead in modern Japan has its origins in the honoring of the soldiers who fell in civil strife that occurred before and after the Meiji Restoration of 1868, when forces s...
Getting Back to Basics on Yasukuni 21 Aug 2013 | 01:04 pm
Each summer in Japan, Yasukuni Shrine and the political and historical issues associated with it reemerge in the national conscience—and in the international media. The question of whether the prime m...
Japanese editor wanted 20 Aug 2013 | 10:37 am
We’re also looking to hire a Japanese editor for our site. An ideal candidate will have: Experience in checking English translations against Japanese source texts English text editing skills A TOEI...
Olympus Endoscopes: The Inside Story 20 Aug 2013 | 05:26 am
Rapid Strides in Endoscopic Treatment Having a camera inserted into a bodily orifice isn’t most people’s idea of a good time. But this procedure, called an endoscopy, is commonly used by doctors to m...
Gunkanjima: A Sacred Site of Relics (360° Panorama) 19 Aug 2013 | 06:25 am
“Everything that man creates eventually crumbles. The island of Gunkanjima is testament to this truth. Today, it harbors both the beauty and pathos of an object in decay. Perhaps this is why people ar...
