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5 days ago | 
thestar.com.my | River Akira Davis |Kiuko Notoya
WHEN Osaka first hosted the World Expo in 1970, a quarter-century after World War II, Japan’s economy was newly affluent and expanding so rapidly that it was hailed as an economic miracle. The Expo broadcast that momentum to the world. It was the first World Expo – a tradition dating to 1851 where countries gather to show off their cultures and achievements – to be held in Asia. Already a subscriber? Log in. Subscribe now and receive free sooka plan for 1 month. T&C applies.
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3 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | River Akira Davis |Kiuko Notoya |Hiroko Masuike
The event is stirring memories of an exhibition in 1970, when the postwar Japanese economy was taking off and "you could have dreams about the future."The event is stirring memories of an exhibition in 1970, when the postwar Japanese economy was taking off and "you could have dreams about the future."Visitors pose at the site of Osaka's 1970 World Expo, now a park. Credit...
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3 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | River Akira Davis |Kiuko Notoya
When Osaka first hosted the World Expo in 1970, a quarter-century after World War II, Japan’s economy was newly affluent and expanding so rapidly it was hailed as an economic miracle. The Expo broadcast that momentum to the world. It was the first World Expo — a tradition dating to 1851 where …
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1 month ago | 
thestar.com.my | Martin Fackler |Kiuko Notoya
KEIKO Itokazu can still remember the day in 1965 when the parachute didn’t open. It was attached to a jeep trailer that was dropped from an airplane, along with US paratroopers training near her home in Okinawa. The plummeting object missed her but hit a nearby house, killing a fifth grade schoolgirl. Already a subscriber? Log in. Save 30% and win Bosch appliances! More Info Billed as RM9.73 for the 1st month then RM13.90 thereafters.
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2 months ago | 
businessandamerica.com | Kiuko Notoya |Yan Zhuang
The results of a rare, closely watched auction in Japan that ended this week are about to be released. But there were no paintings or antique cars on the auction block. The government is selling 165,000 tons of rice — equivalent to roughly two billion bowls — from its emergency stockpile to make up for over 200,000 tons that some Japanese news media say have “disappeared.”But there’s more to the story. Japan doesn’t have enough rice, a pillar of its diet.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Kiuko Notoya |Mike Ives
Ski resorts in Japan are prized for having some of the deepest, lightest powder around. A winter of exceptionally heavy snow - some areas had more than 12 feet of snowpack this week - should be a skier or snowboarder's dream. The ski terrain in Japan this winter is "super big and super gnarly," the Austrian professional skier Tao Kreibich, 27, said in a video about a recent backcountry excursion in the country.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Kiuko Notoya |Martin Fackler
A film by a Japanese woman about her search for justice from uncooperative authorities after she reported being raped is a contender at Sunday's Academy Awards. Yet, despite being the first full-length documentary made by a Japanese director ever nominated for an Oscar, the movie cannot be seen in her home country. The film, which is up for best documentary feature, premiered in January 2024 at the Sundance Film Festival.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Martin Fackler |Kiuko Notoya
Keiko Itokazu can still remember the day in 1965 when the parachute didn't open. It was attached to a jeep trailer that was dropped from an airplane, along with U.S. paratroopers training near her home in Okinawa. The plummeting object missed her but hit a nearby house, killing a fifth-grade schoolgirl. Until then, Ms. Itokazu, who was then a high school junior, had never thought much about the huge military presence on the semitropical island, which at that time was under U.S. control.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Martin Fackler |Hisako Ueno |Kiuko Notoya
When the leaders of a major Japanese broadcaster stepped down to take responsibility for the botched handling of a sexual assault allegation, it was supposed to be a ritual show of remorse in corporate Japan. Instead, the news conference to announce the resignations turned into a marathon display of social outrage as executives faced a public grilling that lasted 10 hours.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Martin Fackler |Kiuko Notoya |Hisako Ueno
It began as a scoop in a weekly tabloid: the allegation that a middle-aged former boy-band star turned top television host had paid hush money to a woman for unspecified wrongdoing. Other articles followed, asserting that it was a case of sexual assault, and stirring a wave of public outrage not only toward the ex-singer but also his employer, a major TV broadcaster, for how it handled the situation.
