Andy Sharp
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Opinion editor @NikkeiAsia. Brit in Tokyo. No Pulitzers etc. DMs open. Tips and pitches to andrew.sharp@nex.nikkei.com 力愛不二.
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Joined January 2009
I had them honour of interviewing @Awich098 recently. She was warm, engaging and passionate in talking about her past, her new record and her future plans. via @NikkeiAsia.
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Wu-Tang Clan's RZA chops the beats on new album set to drop in July
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RT @LondonEconomic: "A second referendum on EU membership would be audacious, risky, and guaranteed to dominate the campaign. It would also….
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Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya met Germany’s AfD co-chair Tino Chrupalla at his Tokyo office.
ドイツのAFDの共同代表のティノ•クルパラ氏が、会館の事務所に来てくださり、1時間の意見交換ができました。. 参政党の政策やスタンスをお話したところ、.「是非その路線を堅持してやって欲しい」とメッセージをいただきました。. また近く私も欧州にいけたらと思います。
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How migration and overtourism resentment overshadowed Japan's election
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It's high time for the government to take concrete steps to manage migration
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Coming to Amazon Prime in Japan on the inauspicious day of August 15th. Taiwan's 'Zero Day Attack' showrunner takes on China taboo
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Series premiers locally on Saturday before Japan release on war anniversary
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Donald Trump to fire US labour statistics boss after weak jobs report via @FT.
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President claims July employment figures were ‘rigged’ in latest assault on economic institutions
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A couple of worrying headlines. 2 Chinese beaten by group of men with metal pipes in Tokyo. Suspect detained in attack on Japanese woman at train station in China
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Tokyo police say two Chinese nationals were beaten by a group of four men with metal pipes.
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The great crime paradox via @FT . America and Britain are less dangerous than ever, but more disorderly than they have been in some time.
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Disorder is rising in public consciousness. Is it rising in reality?
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Praise for 'Parasite' is ironic mirror for Korean film business
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The industry becomes too big to bet on undiscovered talent
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The next Bong Joon-ho may already be out there -- writing scripts in cramped apartments, filming on borrowed equipment or premiering at small festivals. If the industry can recognize that greatness doesn't always begin with big budgets or familiar names, there will be a path.
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RT @sakuya_kono: 🎸 Just as Jon Bon Jovi sang about "Bad Medicine" in the 80s, Japan is prescribing its own version of toxic remedies for lo….
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Liverpool's Endo prioritizes champions over game time ahead of World Cup. Endo sits down with @NikkeiAsia ahead of last night’s game in Yokohama. @LFC @LFCJapan
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Club plays first-ever preseason game in Japan as it hunts for partnerships
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RT @FraserNelson: Nigel Farage today opened his 'Lawless Britain' press conference saying he now rejects the Crime Survey of England & Wale….
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Japan tries to track US tariff deal progress without written agreement
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Tokyo worries Trump administration may reimpose higher duties later
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RT @FT: Breaking news: Donald Trump’s administration has denied permission for Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te to stop in New York en route….
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Important piece by @martfack . This will be probably be the last major anniversary that these guys, the pawns of war, will see. Their testimony is very important.
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As the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches, only a few veterans of Japan’s brutal war remain. “Never die for Emperor or country,” one advised.
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A piece I wrote following a visit to General MacArthur’s offices in Tokyo Dai-Ichi Life building. I examine his legacy and the current state of Japan-US ties.
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Postwar constitution still shapes Tokyo's junior role in US-led security alliance
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