Hisako Ueno
@hudidi1
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New York Times Tokyo Bureau @nytimes
Joined June 2012
At 95, He’s the World’s Oldest Speedskater. He’s Gunning for 100. https://t.co/3gsbq5ZReq With @NorikoHayashi_ @martfack
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Iichi Marumo started competing in his late 80s, after a life spent farming, publishing poetry and volunteering to fly in a kamikaze mission during World War II.
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https://t.co/WBDWLPlnam 取材後記：日本経済の景況感を示すGDP速報値発表。物価高騰のなか、毎日食事を提供している江戸川区のNPOライオンハートの子ども食堂を取材。食事に加え、学習指導や進路相談まで、家族に寄り添ったサポートを提供されています。 @NPO_Lion_Heart
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Though it recovered in the second half of the year, Japan’s economy barely grew in 2024 as a depreciated yen fueled inflation and strained households.
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やましたひでこ氏による「断捨離」セッションの現場を取材 “When people’s homes and minds get clogged up with too many things, they begin to fester,” she continued. “It’s like how you eat and then release — it is a normal part of our existence.” https://t.co/BpsTdDtN0g
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The Nikkei 225 index, another benchmark index, posted its largest one-day point drop ever. Some called it “Black Monday,” recalling the global stock market crash in October 1987.
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Historically, Japanese investors have seized opportunities during foreign-led market meltdowns, and prices were low. The problem was that this time, the buyers hung back. Japan’s trading day was marked by a frenzy of selling:
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After the sell-off, the start of trading in Tokyo on Monday was seen as a test of whether confidence in Japanese companies would persist even without the yen’s support.
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急激な円高により乱高下した週明け株式市場 @jestryoR One 43-year-old Japanese investor who asked not to be named, a former operator of a cram school in the Tokyo area, said that despite feeling “scared and wanting to escape,” he bought stocks on Monday. https://t.co/oM9DHQgD0K
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The fragility of a more-than-yearlong stock rally in Japan, fueled in part by a weak yen, has been exposed by the sudden strengthening of the currency.
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“I am retiring with a feeling of great gratitude for being given the chance to become a yokozuna and experience something open to only very few people,” he said at the time of his retirement.
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90年代の若貴ブーム時代の好敵手、第64代横綱 曙の追悼記事。取材では土俵、プロレスのリング外での謙虚で暖かい人柄を悼む声が多数。プロレス転向後、ラリアートでリング外に投げられても、受け身でしっかり着地する順応力も流石。@vicjkim @yanzhuang25
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Born in Hawaii, he moved to Japan in 1988 and won 11 grand championships. His success drove a resurgence in the sport’s popularity.
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Japan’s trucking industry is a crucial cog in one of the world’s largest economies, and it is the lifeblood of the Japanese culture of ultra-convenience. But it, and its drivers, are under immense strain. @johnjyoon & Photo by Hiroko Masuike https://t.co/PZLg23wIdI
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The country is moving to curb the industry’s punishing work hours. But that could leave a shortfall that disrupts Japan’s entire logistics system.
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A Tokyo Taxi Driver Is Charged With Running Down a Pigeon @hudidi1 @yanzhuang25 @airhen @NYTimes
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The arrest of the 50-year-old driver highlighted the strict law in Japan against harming the birds, even if they take over balconies or get in the way of traffic.
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More than a year after the assassination of Shinzo Abe exposed ties between the Unification Church and conservative politicians, the Japanese government is seeking to dissolve the group
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The assassination of Shinzo Abe, the country’s longest-serving prime minister, shed light on the fringe group’s political ties and manipulation of its followers.
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ここで語られていることは、ひとつの真理だと思います。どなたでも読めるよう24時間プレゼント機能を使いました。ぜひ、お読みください https://t.co/BiZW4e0h8e
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「つらい経験だったけど、成長できてよかった」「病気のおかげで、本当の幸福に気づいた」。重い病気や大変な経験をした人たちは、似たような「語り」をする傾向にある――。 「絶望名人カフカの人生論」などの本…
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J-pop powerhouse's new boss also faces sexual abuse allegations after founder's scandals
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Noriyuki Higashiyama said he could not recall if he had sexually assaulted juniors at the boyband agency.
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https://t.co/6HJMfvXo69 当事者中村一也氏「会見を観てジャニーズ事務所が事実認定、被害者への救済補償について会見されたことはとても夢のような感じに思えました。しかし、日本のトップ企業として、この場においても当時の話を隠蔽されている東山氏、これについてはすごく残念に思いました」
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A new report confirmed hundreds of cases of sexual abuse going back five decades by Johnny Kitagawa, a giant in the world of J-Pop who died in 2019 without ever facing any charges.
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FIFTYS PROJECTでは、 候補者の募集を再開しました！ この人立候補したらいいのでは？という人がいたら、周りに広めてもらえるとありがたいです・・・！
／ 地方議会議員選挙への立候補者の募集を再開します🌊 ＼ 政治分野のジェンダー平等の実現に向けてともに活動する20〜30代の女性候補者を募集しています。対象や条件など、詳細はnoteからご確認ください。 立候補を検討している方お待ちしております❤️🔥 https://t.co/xL5AnXCukw
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「脱成長コミュニズム」を提唱する斎藤幸平先生を取材。掲載後1日で、600件を超える意見が寄せられることからも、資本主義の問題とコミュニズムの議論への関心の高さがうかがえる。 https://t.co/IIkcJWmtrU
@koheisaito0131 @bendooley 撮影@shiho_fukada
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Kohei Saito says the country should seize this moment of demographic and economic challenge to reinvent itself through “degrowth communism.”
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森村誠一さん追悼記事 “Almost all Japanese war themes are from the standpoint of Japan as a victim,” “but mine is from the point of view of Japan the transgressor doing violence against other nations.” https://t.co/pQboU0PAh6
@RichSandomir
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In a widely read book, he detailed gruesome biological experiments on people at a secret Imperial Army site in occupied China before and during World War II.
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