Disasters South and North
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on September 8, 2018.
Tag Archives: International Olympic Committee
Tadao Yanase Again Lies in Diet Testimony
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on May 13, 2018.
The Degradation of Japanese Politics
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on April 3, 2018.
Nikki Haley Has No Interest in Peace
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on January 3, 2018.
North Korea Reportedly Gains Nuclear Missiles
This Week in Japan is your source for news and information about politics and other happenings in this East Asian island country. This episode covers the Top Five stories of the second week of August 2017.
Toward a Smoke Free Tokyo Olympics
Haruo Ozaki, Chairman of the Tokyo Medical Association, calls for local governments to act against tobacco even if the national government continues to drag its feet.
The Making of Japan’s Olympics Stadium Scandal
In advance of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s decision on July 17 to take the 2020 Olympics national stadium construction plans back to a “zero base,” matters had been creeping along quietly and largely outside of public notice. It is therefore of considerable value to look back at the development of this slow-burning scandal so as to understand how the situation arrived at the point where it stands now.
Abe’s Olympic Lies
Shinzo Abe loved his grandfather, and so the chance to follow in his footsteps must be exhilarating indeed. In 1959 Tokyo was awarded the 1964 Summer Olympics. The prime minister of Japan in 1959 was Nobusuke Kishi, the current prime minister’s grandfather. Shinzo Abe, of course, had nothing to do with initiating Tokyo’s bid for the 2020 Olympics.
