The End of the Covid-19 First Wave
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the last half of May 2020.
Tag Archives: Tokyo Olympics (2020)
Statement on Freedom of the Press in Japan
A statement has been issued by a group of foreign journalists in the wake of the recent controversy between the Tokyo Olympic Organising Committee and the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan.
Expanding the State of Emergency
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the last half of April 2020.
Visible Minorities: Pandemic Releases Antibodies Toward Non-Japanese
Treating outsiders like contagion has consequences: Society develops antibodies, and Japan’s already-normalized discrimination intensifies.
An Easygoing State of Emergency
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the first half of April 2020.
Tokyo Sinks into Covid-19 Crisis
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the last half of March 2020.
The Covid-19 Crisis Stabilizes
SNA (Tokyo) — The following stories were reported in the first half of March 2020 by the Shingetsu News Agency. Rolling Coverage: Covid-19 —The Sakhalin authorities have requested that the Russian central government restrict all air and sea transport connections with Hokkaido from March 5
Covid-19 Mismanagement Puts Abe Regime on the Ropes
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the last half of February 2020.
Speakeasy: The Coronavirus and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
The inaugural SNA Speakeasy features journalist David McNeill on the theme of “The Coronavirus and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.”
Osaka Forces English Teachers to Reapply for Their Own Jobs
With the Tokyo Olympics just around the corner and Japan opening its doors to foreign workers than ever before, it would seem that the nation should also be ready to show its omotenashi towards its growing foreign community. But judging by Osaka Prefecture’s grossly inept handling of changes to its Native English Teacher (NET) Program and its treatment of its foreign workers, grave doubts are warranted.
