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Xiaochen Su
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 12, 2021
Â鶹´«Ã½ handling of COVID-19 lacks transparency
Â鶹´«Ã½ relatively rosy figures on COVID-19 are a reflection of several issues that illustrate the lack of transparency in government and public health authorities.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 20, 2019
Behind the rise of Â鶹´«Ã½ recluses
A lack of economic ambition is increasing the trend of ¡®hikikomori.¡¯
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 1, 2019
How Japan can help Africa escape China¡¯s ¡®debt trap¡¯
Japan should export its profitable public transport business model to help African countries repay Chinese infrastructure loans.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 20, 2019
How media discourages Â鶹´«Ã½ youth from traveling abroad
The nation¡¯s best-selling travel guide tends to heavily stress crime and danger in other countries.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 8, 2019
The toxic influence of Â鶹´«Ã½ rural political interest groups
It¡¯s time to reduce the political power of Â鶹´«Ã½ dwindling rural, primary-sector interests.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 11, 2018
¡®Omotenashi¡¯ underlies Â鶹´«Ã½ low economic productivity
On a narrow side street in a residential neighborhood in the suburbs of Tokyo, a new apartment building is being built from scratch. Six construction workers are putting up the four-story building using prefabricated parts, while another six workers are manning the different roads leading into the construction...
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Authorities urge continued caution after heavy rain in Chiba leaves eight dead
A local resident walks past a 7-Eleven convenience store in a flooded area after heavy rain in the city of Oamishirasato, Chiba Prefecture, on Friday.
Takaichi drops ¡®remorse¡¯ in her first war memorial address
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks onstage during a memorial service ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo on Saturday.
U.S. to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China?
People march as they protest against Pax Silica, a U.S.-led initiative, in Manila on Thursday.
Â鶹´«Ã½ inflation paradox is creating winners and losers
Chieko Sugai at her home in Murakami, Niigata Prefecture
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
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