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AJW (Asia & Japan Watch) is a free English news website of the Asahi Shimbun. Your critical guide to what's going on in Japan and the rest of Asia.

 Tokyo's Tsukiji district
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Joined April 2011
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Reaching for the stars, first Music Awards Japan ceremonies near | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & #Japan Watch asahi.com/ajw/articles/15747…
Reaching for the stars, first Music Awards Japan ceremonies near | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan...

Reaching for the stars, first Music Awards Japan ceremonies near | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan...

The inaugural Music Awards Japan (MAJ) ceremonies will be held on May 21 and 22, with hopes it will gain the prestige of the U.S. Grammys and propel Japanese artists toward international stardom.

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Out-of-box thinker seeking markets for tofu in world, space | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & #Japan Watch asahi.com/ajw/articles/15714…
Out-of-box thinker seeking markets for tofu in world, space | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

Out-of-box thinker seeking markets for tofu in world, space | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

Mio Ikeda stumbled across a future hit product when she discovered “firm tofu” at U.S. supermarkets in 2018 soon after she joined tofu maker Asahico as the company’s marketing chief.

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ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/ David McMurra #haiku The Asahi Shimbun Asia & #Japan Watch asahi.com/ajw/articles/15759…
ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/ David McMurray | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/ David McMurray | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

flashing through bare trees jay’s blue--Marshall Hryciuk (Toronto, Ontario)

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100 varieties of roses in full bloom at Kyu-Furukawa park | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & #Japan Watch asahi.com/ajw/articles/15768…
100 varieties of roses in full bloom at Kyu-Furukawa park | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

100 varieties of roses in full bloom at Kyu-Furukawa park | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

Spring roses are now in full bloom at Kyu-Furukawa Gardens park, which is famed for its stone Western-style building, in Tokyo’s Kita Ward.

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Hiroshima alters stance, notifies Taiwan about peace ceremony | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & #Japan Watch asahi.com/ajw/articles/15769…
Hiroshima alters stance, notifies Taiwan about peace ceremony | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

Hiroshima alters stance, notifies Taiwan about peace ceremony | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

HIROSHIMA—Hiroshima city on May 15 decided to notify Taiwan about the Aug. 6 peace memorial ceremony, breaking with its protocol of only inviting nations with which Japan has diplomatic relations,...

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VOX POPULI: Remembering Jose Mujica, the voice of a global conscience | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & #Japan Watch asahi.com/ajw/articles/15767…
VOX POPULI: Remembering Jose Mujica, the voice of a global conscience | The Asahi Shimbun Asia &...

VOX POPULI: Remembering Jose Mujica, the voice of a global conscience | The Asahi Shimbun Asia &...

What does it truly mean to be poor? Or perhaps the more pressing question is this: What does it mean to be rich?

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2 bells to ring again at famed Nagasaki church after 80 years | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & #Japan Watch asahi.com/ajw/articles/15769…
2 bells to ring again at famed Nagasaki church after 80 years | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

2 bells to ring again at famed Nagasaki church after 80 years | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

NAGASAKI—Eighty years after the atomic bomb destroyed one of the bells at Urakami Cathedral here, the pair will ring again thanks to the grandson of a doctor who worked on the Manhattan Project and...

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INTERVIEW/ Iceland President Tomasdottir discusses gender equality | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & #Japan Watch asahi.com/ajw/articles/15769…
INTERVIEW/ Iceland President Tomasdottir discusses gender equality | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan...

INTERVIEW/ Iceland President Tomasdottir discusses gender equality | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan...

REYKJAVIK—How can Iceland, a Nordic island nation, continue to be “the most gender-equal country in the world”?

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Diet passes cyberdefense law to collect data in peacetime | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & #Japan Watch asahi.com/ajw/articles/15770…
Diet passes cyberdefense law to collect data in peacetime | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

Diet passes cyberdefense law to collect data in peacetime | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

The Upper House passed a bill introducing an active cyberdefense allowing the central government to collect communications data and ward off cyberattacks at a plenary session on May 16.

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Suspect in multiple suicides accused of kidnapping teen | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & #Japan Watch asahi.com/ajw/articles/15770…
Suspect in multiple suicides accused of kidnapping teen | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

Suspect in multiple suicides accused of kidnapping teen | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

YAMAGATA—A man from Fukushima who is accused of helping a string of people kill themselves was rearrested on May 13 in connection with the death of another young person.

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Radwimps drummer builds voice-operated kit for comeback | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & #Japan Watch asahi.com/ajw/articles/15719…
Radwimps drummer builds voice-operated kit for comeback | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

Radwimps drummer builds voice-operated kit for comeback | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

SAN FRANCISCO—Pushed by a strict but empathetic professor, the drummer of popular rock band Radwimps plans to restart his musical career that was derailed by a neurological disease.

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Driving schools train Vietnamese drivers to work in Japan | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & #Japan Watch asahi.com/ajw/articles/15711…
Driving schools train Vietnamese drivers to work in Japan | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

Driving schools train Vietnamese drivers to work in Japan | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

TOKUSHIMA—To alleviate a nationwide driver shortage, a major driving school operator here is opening a road to Vietnam to supply a pool of foreign drivers to fill the openings.

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VOX POPULI: A portrait of Palestine’s neighborhoods before May 1948 | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & #Japan Watch asahi.com/ajw/articles/15765…
VOX POPULI: A portrait of Palestine’s neighborhoods before May 1948 | The Asahi Shimbun Asia &...

VOX POPULI: A portrait of Palestine’s neighborhoods before May 1948 | The Asahi Shimbun Asia &...

Once upon a time, it was an established Friday evening custom for young Arabs in the Old City of Jerusalem to visit the homes of their Jewish neighbors and light their lamps for them.

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LDP leaders reject tax cut vow for Upper House election | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & #Japan Watch asahi.com/ajw/articles/15765…
LDP leaders reject tax cut vow for Upper House election | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

LDP leaders reject tax cut vow for Upper House election | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

Leaders of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party decided against including a consumption tax cut as a campaign pledge for the Upper House election this summer, overriding calls from within the coalit...

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Japan Display to cut domestic workforce by more than 1,000 | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & #Japan Watch asahi.com/ajw/articles/15765…
Japan Display to cut domestic workforce by more than 1,000 | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

Japan Display to cut domestic workforce by more than 1,000 | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

Japan Display Inc. plans to lay off more than 1,000 employees in Japan as the once-ballyhooed manufacturer continues to suffer financial losses, sources said May 14.

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No emergency report from crew before ASDF jet disappeared | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & #Japan Watch asahi.com/ajw/articles/15766…
No emergency report from crew before ASDF jet disappeared | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

No emergency report from crew before ASDF jet disappeared | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

Crew of an Air Self-Defense Force jet believed to have crashed in a pond in Aichi Prefecture on May 14 did not report abnormalities or eject from the aircraft, Defense Ministry sources said.

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New documents shed light on secret wartime germ units | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & #Japan Watch asahi.com/ajw/articles/15766…
New documents shed light on secret wartime germ units | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

New documents shed light on secret wartime germ units | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

Previously classified personnel rosters of lesser-known wartime bacteriological units deployed in China, hidden since the end of World War II, have been released, which will help researchers better...

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5 busted in mass cigarette buying scheme at Tokyo Kabukicho store | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & #Japan Watch asahi.com/ajw/articles/15766…
5 busted in mass cigarette buying scheme at Tokyo Kabukicho store | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan...

5 busted in mass cigarette buying scheme at Tokyo Kabukicho store | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan...

Four Vietnamese men and women and a Japanese owner of a convenience store were arrested on suspicion of illegally purchasing cigarettes through stolen credit cards, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police...

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Japanese Netflix to add ‘Grave of the Fireflies,’ first Ghibli film | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & #Japan Watch asahi.com/ajw/articles/15766…
Japanese Netflix to add ‘Grave of the Fireflies,’ first Ghibli film | The Asahi Shimbun Asia &...

Japanese Netflix to add ‘Grave of the Fireflies,’ first Ghibli film | The Asahi Shimbun Asia &...

A Studio Ghibli movie is finally coming to a streaming service in Japan, but it’s not one of the heartwarming titles most often associated with the studio’s image. 

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Booming Okinawa marks anniversary amid challenges | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & #Japan Watch asahi.com/ajw/articles/15766…
Booming Okinawa marks anniversary amid challenges | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

Booming Okinawa marks anniversary amid challenges | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

NAHA–Things are looking up for Okinawa’s economy thanks to surging tourism as the prefecture marks its 53rd anniversary of its return to Japan on May 15, after 27 years of post-war rule by the United...

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