Speakeasy: The Japanese Oil Spill in Mauritius
This SNA Speakeasy features Vikash Tatayah on the theme of “The Japanese Oil Spill in Mauritius.”
This SNA Speakeasy features Vikash Tatayah on the theme of “The Japanese Oil Spill in Mauritius.”
These are sobering times for Japan fans. Thanks to the pandemic, even the most starry-eyed and enfranchised foreigners are having their bubbles burst, realizing that their status in Japan, no matter how hard-earned, matters not one whit to Japan’s policymakers.
This SNA Speakeasy features Mike Burke on the theme of “The Debate Over Cancel Culture.”
Nagashi is a Japanese musical tradition that lives on in Taiwan
SNA (Tokyo) — This SNA Speakeasy features Christopher Hobson on the theme of “Democracy in an Age of Inequality.” For breaking news, follow on Twitter @ShingetsuNews
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the first half of August 2020.
It took few by surprise that Chen Chi-mai of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was the winner of the Kaohsiung mayoral by-election.
Haruma Miura, a popular 30-year-old actor, took his own life on July 18, 2020. Few Japanese hadn’t heard his name. He had starred in countless TV dramas, movies, and plays.
This SNA Speakeasy features May Shigenobu on the theme of “The Massive Explosion in Beirut, Lebanon”
An ongoing corruption probe into a group of pan-Green and pan-Blue politicians accused of taking bribes in a case related to the ownership of the Pacific Sogo department store chain has the potential to be a major scandal faced by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party and for the Tsai Ing-wen administration.