Jeff W. Richards

In this week’s news from Japan Today: The Russian foreign minister asks why Japan can’t accept the outcome of World War II; a French investigators accuse Japanese Olympic Committee president of bribery in order to land the event in Tokyo in 2020; two men win a lawsuit against Osaka city banning train drivers from having beards; a Japanese idol singer says mental health an issue for fetishized young girls in pop groups plus a man in Tokyo has been arrested for attacking a young women’s kimono on Coming of Age Day — with sauce.

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This weeks stories:

WWII-ish — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Lavrov-asks-why-Japan-cannot-accept-results-of-World-War-II

Olympic Scandal — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/japan-olympic-official-takeda-denies-corruption-allegations

All Abeard! — https://japantoday.com/category/national/osaka-subway-drivers-win-court-case-over-right-to-grow-beards

Cute Idol Health — https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/There-are-many-mentally-unwell-girls-in-AKB48-claims-ex-member

TELL Counseling — https://telljp.com/

Kimono Attack — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-for-throwing-sauce-on-young-woman%E2%80%99s-kimono-on-coming-of-age-day

In this week’s news from Japan Today: Carlos Ghosn made his first public court appearance since being detained by Japanese courts last November; a weekly tabloid’s ranking of the top universities in Japan for guys to pick up girls blows up; a Japanese politician bemoans what will happen if the whole country “goes gay;” a man was arrested for climbing up to a stranger’s third-floor apartment in Mie Prefecture completely naked plus Justin Trudeau calls Shinzo Abe directly to talk about… whaling.

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This weeks stories:

Ghosn Fever — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Judge-says-Ghosn-being-detained-due-to-flight-risk-and-possibility-he-may-conceal-evidence

Easy College Sex Ranking — https://japantoday.com/category/national/japanese-student-rejects-apology-over-university-sex-listing

LDPTQ — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japanese-lawmaker-under-fire-for-lgbt-comment

Naked in Mie — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-for-appearing-naked-on-another-man%E2%80%99s-third-floor-balcony

Justin-2-Shinzo — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Trudeau-criticizes-Japan-over-whale-hunt

In this week’s news from Japan Today: A Tokyo court rejected Carlos Ghosn’s continued detention then prosecutors had him rearrested the next day; Japan will pull out of the International Whaling Commission; a man has been arrested for killing and dismembering his mother; Vladimir Putin has the top selling celebrity calendar in Japan, JR East asks riders to stop walking on the escalators plus a look at readers’ picks of the top news stories in Japan for 2018.

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This weeks stories:

All Ghosn — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Prosecutors-appeal-after-court-decides-against-extending-detention-of-Ghosn-Kelly

Whaling — https://japantoday.com/category/national/Japan-to-pull-out-of-IWC-to-resume-commercial-whaling

Dismembering Mother — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-indicted-for-dismembering-mothers-body

Putin Pinup — https://japantoday.com/category/national/putin-calendar-sales-surpassing-those-of-japanese-stars-in-japan

Escalator Freeze — https://japantoday.com/category/national/JR-East-encouraging-commuters-to-stop-walking-on-escalators

2018 Top Stories — https://japantoday.com/category/have-your-say/what-do-you-think-were-the-biggest-international-and-domestic-(japan-if-you-live-in-japan)-news-stories-of-the-year?

In this week’s news from Japan Today: Tokyo prosecutors formally charged ousted Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn for financial misconduct and extended his detention until Dec 20; Japan’s ruling and opposition parties brawled in the Diet over the passing of a controversial bill; the kanji for disaster has been chosen as the character best representing Japan in 2018; a man was arrested for stabbing a woman in the back at a Tokyo train station plus a look at American women’s rights and birth control advocate Margaret Sanger’s 1922 visit to Japan.

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This week’s stories:

Still Ghosn — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Ghosn-Kelly-formally-charged-over-financial-misconduct-Nissan-also-indicted

https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Nissan-Ghosn-clash-over-Rio-apartment-filled-with-art-cash

Brawliticians — https://japantoday.com/category/national/As-Japan-OKs-law-to-let-more-foreigners-in-tiny-rural-town-wants-to-go-further

Kanji of the Year — https://japantoday.com/category/national/(disaster)-chosen-as-kanji-character-best-representing-2018

Backstabber — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-for-stabbing-woman-near-train-station-in-tokyo

Dangerous Thoughts — https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/Birth-control-advocate-Margaret-Sanger-brings-‘dangerous-thoughts’-to-Japan-in-1922

In this week’s news from Japan Today: 5 U.S. airmen are missing after two military planes collided midair of the coast of Japan; the shock arrest of Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn has put the spotlight on Japan’s criminal justice system; a man is on trial in Yokohama for “road rage” after his actions led to the death of two people and seriously injured their two daughters; four men have been arrested for overturning a truck near Shibuya Crossing during the Halloween craziness and animal crimes in the headlines.

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This weeks stories:

Missing Airmen — https://japantoday.com/category/national/search-continues-for-5-missing-u.s.-marines-off-japan-coast

Law & Order — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/ghosn-arrest-puts-japan’s-justice-system-in-the-dock

Road Rage — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Man-pleads-not-guilty-over-death-of-husband-wife-in-road-rage-accident

Turning Trucks — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/4-men-arrested-for-allegedly-overturning-truck-during-halloween-event

Police Fight — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Police-called-in-to-break-up-drunken-brawl-by-other-officers

Animal Crimes — https://japantoday.com/category/national/Pet-black-bear-kills-caretaker

https://japantoday.com/category/national/wild-boar-bites-off-woman’s-finger-in-western-japan-city

In this week’s news from Japan Today: The arrest of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn dominates the news; the Japanese ruling party ushered in a bill proposing two new statuses of visa that could allow up to 345,000 blue-collar workers in to help a labor shortage; the U.S. State of Kansas will stop issuing license plates with letters making up an offensive term for the Japanese; a woman was arrested for leaving her elderly father — who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease — at a freeway rest stop and a new trend in “compensated dating” for young men is grabbing tabloid headlines.

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This weeks stories:
Ghosn Daddy Ghosn — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Japanese-prosecutors-say-they-will-detain-Ghosn-as-long-as-needed

https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Ghosn-allegedly-shifted-personal-investment-loss-of-%C2%A51.7-bil-to-Nissan

Foreign Labor — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/update4-ruling-bloc-pushes-bill-to-expand-foreign-labor-through-lower-house

Vanity Plates — https://japantoday.com/category/national/kansas-stops-issuing-license-plates-with-offensive-term-for-japanese

Daddy Day Care — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/woman-arrested-for-leaving-father-with-alzheimer%E2%80%99s-at-expressway-parking-area

Japanese Gigolo — https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/rise-of-the-‘mama-katsu’%E2%80%93-women-handing-out-favors-to-young-men-they-meet-on-sns