Working Timeline of the Casino Bribery Scandal
The 500 Dot Com casino bribery scandal was yet another instance of major corruption that first emerged in the Shinzo Abe era.
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Working Timeline of the Moritomo Gakuen Scandal
The Moritomo Gakuen school affair was the first of the major scandals that shook the government of Shinzo Abe beginning in February 2017. This a working timeline which the Shingetsu News Agency intends to fill out and update in the weeks and months ahead.
Scrap the Immigration Crackdown Plan
Tozen Union joined other labor unions and rights groups in a sit-in Wednesday outside Japan’s Diet Building, as the House of Councillors deliberated a bill to get tough on refugees, migrants, and other foreigners.
Bread & Roses: Needless Death of a Sri Lankan Detainee
The Nagoya Regional Immigration Services Bureau opened its Facebook page with a cute koala mascot at the same time that its refusal to provide medical treatment to a Sri Lankan detainee cost her life.
Working Timeline of Covid-19 in Japan
The Covid-19 crisis became a dominating issue for the world, and Japan is no exception. This is a timeline of the events so far.
Bread & Roses: Osaka Court Overturns Welfare Cut
A Japanese court overturned a welfare reduction for the first time ever on February 22, 2021.
Suga Administration Henoko Base Policy Faces Shifting Realities
Throughout its nearly eight years in power, the Abe administration pressed forward with all its might to build a new US airbase at Henoko, Okinawa.
Bread & Roses: Uncle Reiwa Quickly Abuses His Power
Outright rejection of appointing certain researchers to the Science Council of Japan without disclosing the reason is an abuse of the prime minister’s power.
Suga Government Gets to Work
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the last half of September 2020.
Dateline Tokyo: September 2020
Dateline Tokyo, our series of short reports on major news developments in Japan, for September 2020
