selected writing

20210507 Opposition to Olympics grows as Japan struggles with pandemic (DPA)

20200623 Japan marks 75 years since bloody WWII Battle of Okinawa (South China Morning Post)

20190817 Anime fans mourn victims of Kyoto Animation arson attack in Japan (DPA) 

20190627 At G20, activists urge Abe to end coal as Japan keeps burning it (DPA) 

20180831 Tokyo capsule hotel hands out free beer during sweltering summer (DPA) 

20170726 LGBT politicians in Japan seek to promote awareness, secure rights (DPA)

20170306 Japan’s nuclear refugees living in limbo (DPA) 

20161124 Reactivation of nuclear plant puts Japanese locals in a bind (DPA)

20160805 The forgotten orphans of the Hiroshima bombing (DPA)

20160308 Five years on, Japan’s nuclear evacuees are still fighting to return (DPA)

20110411 Japan nuclear crisis threatens farmers‘ incomes, way of life (DPA)

20110405 Japan nuclear crisis evacuees face hardship, uncertainty (DPA)

20100202 Katsuya Okada: A Serious Man for Serious Times (World Politics Review)

20060818 Documentary revisits Japan’s WWII atrocities (The Washington Times)

20060615 Japan’s ex-leader calls for changes, home and abroad (The Washington Times)

20050203 Scandals at Japan’s public broadcaster NHK (The Washington Times)

20030207 Japanese voice strong doubts about Iraq war (The Washington Times)