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Japan Forward

JAPAN Forward is a new English-language news and opinion site by Sankei Shimbun, one of Japan’s top newspapers, delivering sensible Japanese voices to the world

  • 37articles · 30d
  • 2+ day agolatest article
  • Aug 14, 2026earliest in window
  • 8%with images
  • 355avg words
articles per day
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  • Sports & Fitness 9
  • Human Interest 8
  • Sports 8
  • History 6
  • Politics 6
  • Sport 6
  • News 5
  • Politics2 5

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Vietnam Top Choice in Prefectural Foreign Worker Agreements

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (442+ words) Former Chiba Governor Kensaku Morita (left) shakes hands with a Vietnamese deputy minister after signing a memorandum on securing care workers in Hanoi, Vietnam, March 14, 2019. A survey of Japan's 47 prefectures by The Sankei Shimbun found that 20 have signed cooperation memorandums…...

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The Yasukuni Visits: A Former US Marine's Reaction

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (970+ words) Many visited Yasukuni Shrine on August 14, the day before the anniversary of the end of World War II. (©Sankei/Hayato Narita) On August 15, the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi did not personally visit Yasukuni…...

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Undersea Cable Damage Near Taiwan Raises Concern Over Chinese Gray-Zone Activity

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (686+ words) Lin De-Jian, mayor of Dongyin Township, explains the location of the damaged undersea cable in a bay on Taiwan's outlying Dongyin Island. June 25, Dongyin Township Office. (©Sankei/Yoshiaki Nishimi) Dongyin Island, Taiwan, where an undersea cable was damaged by a…...

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The Words of One Who Was There: A Life Shaped by Wartime China

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1118+ words) Eiji Ichise, 94, reflects on his experiences of war and its aftermath. Around 80 years after an historical event takes place, there will be few still alive who can offer a first hand account. For historians, this is both a blessing and…...