Hanako Montgomery

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International Correspondent at CNN

モンゴメリー花子 international correspondent @CNN / Formerly: @vice @NHK / more active on IG @hanacocoaa / @AAJA / Ask the right questions

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Now your toddler can have their own study exchange in Japan… you can come, too

2 weeks ago | cnn.com | Hanako Montgomery

Ad Feedback Video Ad Feedback Now your toddler can study abroad in Japan... you can come, too Three-year-old Australian girl Kinga doesn't speak Japanese, but that hasn’t stopped her from thriving in a tiny town in southern Japan’s Wakayama Prefecture. Her family, part of a growing number of digital nomads, joined a preschool exchange that’s giving them an immersive, kid-first window into Japanese culture.
How Trump’s tariffs could impact Nintendo’s Switch 2

1 month ago | cnn.com | Aria Chen |Hanako Montgomery

Ad Feedback Video Ad Feedback How Trump’s tariffs could impact Nintendo’s Switch 2 Gamers, brace yourselves. Nintendo just announced its next-gen Switch—but US preorders are on hold after US President Trump unveiled a sweeping tariff plan. While there’s a 90-pause on Trump's tariff plan, a 145% tariff on China remains, and gaming experts fear prices could spike once the 90-day window ends.
Architect Sou Fujimoto: Expo 2025 is ‘a precious opportunity to come together’

1 month ago | cnn.com | Oscar Holland |Hanako Montgomery

CNN — Ever since the Great Exhibition opened its doors in London 174 years ago, the World’s Fair has offered nations a chance to show off the greatest inventions of the age. But Expos of recent decades have been as much about diplomacy and public relations as innovation.
‘This is baseball country’: MLB season gets underway in Japan as national hero Shohei Ohtani inspires Dodgers’ win over Cubs

2 months ago | cnn.com | Hanako Montgomery |George Ramsay

CNN — Baseball fever swept through Tokyo on Tuesday as the MLB season got underway, offering fans a rare opportunity to glimpse homegrown star Shohei Ohtani in action. Thousands of supporters gathered at the Tokyo Dome to see reigning World Series champions, the Los Angeles Dodgers, face the Chicago Cubs, two teams with five Japanese players between them.
Japan’s elderly are lonely and struggling. Some women choose to go to jail instead

Jan 19, 2025 | msn.com | Jessie Yeung |Hanako Montgomery |Junko Ogura

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Japan’s elderly are lonely and struggling. Some women choose to go to jail instead

Jan 18, 2025 | cnn.com | Jessie Yeung |Hanako Montgomery |Junko Ogura

The rooms are filled with elderly residents, their hands wrinkled and backs bent. They shuffle slowly down the corridors, some using walkers. Workers help them bathe, eat, walk and take their medication. But this isn’t a nursing home – it’s Japan’s largest women’s prison. The population here reflects the aging society outside, and the pervasive problem of loneliness that guards say is so acute for some elderly prisoners that they’d prefer to stay incarcerated.
Tsunami advisory lifted after 6.9 magnitude earthquake rattles southwest Japan

Jan 13, 2025 | erienewsnow.com | Sana Haq |Hanako Montgomery |Junko Ogura

By Sana Noor Haq, Hanako Montgomery and Junko Ogura, CNN(CNN) — Japan’s Meteorological Agency withdrew a tsunami advisory after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of southwest Japan. The quake struck shortly after 9:19 p.m. local time (7:19 a.m. ET), the agency said, triggering an advisory for Miyazaki prefecture, in the island of Kyushu, as well as Japan’s southern Kochi prefecture.
Tsunami advisory lifted after 6.9 magnitude earthquake rattles southwest Japan

Jan 13, 2025 | erienewsnow.com | Sana Haq |Hanako Montgomery |Junko Ogura

By Sana Noor Haq, Hanako Montgomery and Junko Ogura, CNN(CNN) — Japan’s Meteorological Agency withdrew a tsunami advisory after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of southwest Japan. The quake struck shortly after 9:19 p.m. local time (7:19 a.m. ET), the agency said, triggering an advisory for Miyazaki prefecture, in the island of Kyushu, as well as Japan’s southern Kochi prefecture.
Tsunami advisory lifted after 6.9 magnitude earthquake rattles southwest Japan

Jan 13, 2025 | erienewsnow.com | Sana Haq |Hanako Montgomery |Junko Ogura

By Sana Noor Haq, Hanako Montgomery and Junko Ogura, CNN(CNN) — Japan’s Meteorological Agency withdrew a tsunami advisory after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of southwest Japan. The quake struck shortly after 9:19 p.m. local time (7:19 a.m. ET), the agency said, triggering an advisory for Miyazaki prefecture, in the island of Kyushu, as well as Japan’s southern Kochi prefecture.
Tsunami advisory lifted after 6.9 magnitude earthquake rattles southwest Japan

Jan 13, 2025 | accuweather.com | Sana Haq |Hanako Montgomery |Junko Ogura

CNN) — Japan’s Meteorological Agency withdrew a tsunami advisory after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of southwest Japan. The quake struck shortly after 9:19 p.m. local time (7:19 a.m. ET), the agency said, triggering an advisory for Miyazaki prefecture, in the island of Kyushu, as well as Japan’s southern Kochi prefecture.

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3 May 25

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Hanako Montgomery @HanakoMontgome1

3 Jan 25

U.S. President Joe Biden said Friday that he’d block a $14.3 billion bid by Nippon Steel to acquire U.S. Steel. Not surprising—Biden has long said he opposed the deal. But it will deliver a blow to Nippon Steel, which has declined to comment on reports. https://t.co/02XHud4sn0