20251205 Japan’s new PM promised to ‘work, work, work.’ For some, that’s now a red flag (The Christian Science Monitor) 

20251125 Children’s cafeterias nourish a sense of community across Japan (The Christian Science Monitor) 

20250806 Hiroshima at 80: As Japan’s commitment to nuclear abolition wanes, activists dig in (The Christian Science Monitor) 

20250718 How the soaring cost of rice is shaping a high-stakes election in Japan (The Christian Science Monitor)

20250421 She survived Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. Now she promotes peace through education. (The Christian Science Monitor)

20241028 Japan’s new PM hoped snap elections would secure grip on power. They backfired. (The Christian Science Monitor)

20241001 His party calls him traitor. Can Japan’s new PM rebuild trust in politics? (The Christian Science Monitor)

20240412 Japan is becoming more diverse. Will its government? (The Christian Science Monitor)

20231002 In Japan, domestic violence survivors help victims – and abusers (The Christian Science Monitor)

20230901 For Koreans in Japan, this little-known massacre still carries weight (The Christian Science Monitor)

20230505 Presumed guilt? Unpacking Japan’s 99.9% conviction rate. (The Christian Science Monitor)

20230310 A lab of their own: How Fukushima moms led charge for radiation data (The Christian Science Monitor)

20221115 In Japan, Unification Church scandal stains integrity of ruling party (The Christian Science Monitor)

20220823 How women are banding together to change Japanese politics (The Christian Science Monitor)

20220415 Cattle farms or bullet trains? Japanese village faces uncertain future (The Christian Science Monitor)

20220309 At 82, she coded an app. She just wanted a game she could win (The Christian Science Monitor)

20211028 Japan’s elections showcase constraints on its democracy (The Christian Science Monitor)

20210712 As Olympics near, a Japanese fishing town waits – to say thanks (The Christian Science Monitor)

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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)

20180201 In Japan, baby-at-work fuss highlights deeper issue: few women in politics (The Christian Science Monitor)

20170811 Retirement? No thanks. In ‘graying’ Japan, these women are just getting started (The Christian Science Monitor)

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

20170309 In Japan, young women’s problems are often ignored. But she’s ready to help (The Christian Science Monitor)

20161027 He hadn’t driven much – but began a car-sharing project for tsunami survivors (The Christian Science Monitor)

20160324 A retired lawyer opens first US slavery museum with $8.6 million of his money (The Christian Science Monitor)

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20150730 Keisaburo Toyonaga helps Koreans and other non-Japanese atom bomb survivors (The Christian Science Monitor)

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20150409 Shizuyo Yoshitomi started a radio station to help immigrants (The Christian Science Monitor)

20141020 Terumasa Akio saw poverty firsthand. Now his charity helps 400,000 children (The Christian Science Monitor)

20140905 Yoon Mee-hyang helps Korea’s World War II sex slaves tell their stories (The Christian Science Monitor)

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20140307 Hajime Shiraishi’s tiny but influential OurPlanet-TV keeps focus on Japan’s nuclear disaster (The Christian Science Monitor)

 20130906 Kyoko Okutani helps women start businesses, skirting Japan’s gender gap (The Christian Science Monitor)

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20130503 Seiji Yoshimura rushes to natural disasters to help (The Christian Science Monitor)

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20130123 With group effort, Japan suicides fall to 15-year low (The Christian Science Monitor)

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20121118 Helping orphans of the storm (a story about Chikara Funabashi, other business leaders who have founded Beyond Tomorrow, a charity, following the 2011 tsunami disaster) (The Christian Science Monitor)

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20120902 In Japan, better with age (The Christian Science Monitor)

20120723 A Japanese Olympian defies the age barrier (The Christian Science Monitor)

20120307 As Japan marks tsunami anniversary, a fresh spirit of volunteerism (The Christian Science Monitor)

20110510 Japan after Fukushima: village of nuclear evacuees forced to start over – again (The Christian Science Monitor)

20110116 In Japan, starting a second career as a cabby (The Christian Science Monitor)

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

20091217 Japan’s robot revolution moves from factory to the home (The Christian Science Monitor)

20090217 In Japan, foster parents blaze an unpopular trail (The Christian Science Monitor)

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20080213 Japanese men shout the oft-unsaid: ‘I love you’ (The Christian Science Monitor)

20071023 Japan revises its history texts (The Christian Science Monitor)

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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)