A Notoriously Hateful Japanese Composer’s Music Just Opened the Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO—The Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, which are supposed to celebrate the world’s diversity and harmony, have been plagued with scandals—and COVID-19. They’ve come to symbolize xenophobia, discrimination, and cruelty—and Friday night, we can add homophobia and historical revisionism to the mix. It’s no surprise that Japan’s pacifist Emperor Naruhito and his wife, Masako, the empress, want
Tokyo Olympics just got an important no-confidence vote — from Japan’s emperor
TOKYO — Japanese Emperor Naruhito appears to be “concerned” that this summer’s Olympics in Tokyo could cause a rise in coronavirus infections, according to the head of the Imperial Household Agency. “His majesty is very worried about the current infection situation of the covid-19 disease,” Yasuhiko Nishimura, grand steward of the agency, told a regular news conference on Thursday, the Kyodo News
リンク Mail Online Japan's new Emperor Naruhito is enthroned in centuries-old ceremony Japanese Emperor Naruhito formally ascended to the throne Tuesday alongside his wife - the new Empress Masako - as dignitaries from 180 countries watched on. 23 users 932
Japan’s emperor voices concern about Covid spread during Olympics
“The emperor is extremely worried about the current status of coronavirus infections,” Yasuhiko Nishimura, the grand steward of the Imperial Household Agency, told a regular news conference on Thursday. “Given the public’s worries, he appears to be concerned about whether the event would cause infections to spread,” Nishimura added, according to Kyodo news agency. As a symbol of the state, Naruhit
Japan asked the international media to change how we write their names. No one listened | CNN Business
In a full-page spread on March 2, 1979, the Los Angeles Times introduced its readers to Pinyin, a Chinese romanization system it said was changing the “familiar map of China.” In the new system “Canton becomes Guangzhou and Tientsin becomes Tianjin.” Most importantly, the newspaper would now refer to the country’s capital as Beijing, not Peking. This was a step too far for some American publicatio
SocietyFrench father on hunger strike awaits Macron in TokyoJapan's single custody system and abductions a rare thorn for allies Vincent Fichot, a French father whose children were abducted by his wife, began a hunger strike outside the Olympic Stadium on July 8 in a bid to persuade both the French and Japanese governments to act. To his side is Scott McIntyre, an Australian who has been separated
Japan’s emperor is a prisoner in his own palacesStifling bureaucracy and ritual are making Naruhito irrelevant to his subjects IN HIS MEMOIR, “The Thames and I”, Prince Naruhito, as he was when he wrote it, recalls his brushes with greasy kippers and dingy pubs as a student at Oxford University in the 1980s. He recounts how doormen at a disco turned him away because he was wearing jeans—not the so
Japanese Culture and Traditions
Because of the big cultural contrast, Japanese culture has always fascinated many foreigners, especially Westerners. This article aims to dive deeper and understand various aspects of Japan’s unique culture. Culture and traditions change over time. The only difference between the two is that culture, the root of any society, changes very slowly, but changes in traditions are comparatively faster.
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French father on hunger strike awaits Macron in Tokyo
Japan’s emperor is a prisoner in his own palaces