Jan 3, 2021
The political status quo was upended worldwide in 2020, and Japan was no exception, with Shinzo Abe resigning as prime minister to bring his nearly eight-year tenure to an end, passing the baton to his loyal confidant Yoshihide Suga.
But don’t expect 2021 to be a quieter year in the political epicenter of Nagatacho. If anything, more drama is likely on the way.
The next Liberal Democratic Party leadership contest is slated for September and, as Suga is serving the remaining period of Abe’s third term, he needs to again win the party’s confidence to establish himself as a long-term leader. Adding more potential drama to the mix, terms for Lower House members will expire the following month.
Komazawa University Pulls Off Last-Second Come-From-Behind 2021 Hakone Ekiden Win – Brett Larner – Japan Running News
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Where to start, really?
Yesterday in just its fourth time running the Hakone Ekiden since it first qualified in 2015 and its second season under head coach Kazutaka Enoki, underdog Soka University pulled off a seemingly out-of-nowhere Day One win.
Toyo University, 2020 National University Ekiden champion
Komazawa University and 2019 Hakone winner
Tokai University, enough to give it breathing room but not a margin of safety. With 109.6 km ahead of them, their lead translated to just over a second per km.
Soka’s leadoff Day Two runner
Masaki Hamano handled the Sixth Stage, 20.8 km with over 800 m of descent, well, but behind him Komazawa’s
21 December 2020, 3:25 am EST By
Time is tricky. Although it is constant, there are times when we feel like time is running so fast or running too slow, and with a new experiment done by a couple of scientists, they have proven that time does indeed seem to run slow in certain circumstances, such as when you feel guilty of concealing something.
Perception of Time
The research paper entitled Time Passes Slowly When You Are Concealing Something, which is published in the scientific journal Biological Psychology, is authored by Japanese scientists Izumi Matsuda, an associate professor at Aoyama Gakuin University, and Hiroshi Nittono, a professor at Osaka University.
Brahmaputra Bridge will link Bhutan, India with Vietnam
AKIPRESS.COM - The longest bridge over the Brahmaputra, which has been cleared for construction will become the lynchpin of a giant trans-Asian corridor that will connect landlocked Bhutan and Northeast India, with Dan Nang in Vietnam, Trend reports citing MENAFN.
The giant project showcases the growing strategic partnership between India and Japan, balancing China s inroads in the region. The ambitious undertaking will also impact several ASEAN countries, especially Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos.
With Bhutan at the back-end, the 19-kilometre Dhubri-Phulbari bridge connects Dhubri in Assam with Phulbari in Meghalaya.
The flagship project, acquired sharp focus, after a 2018 agreement between India and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), for the infrastructure development of the north-east.
The shocking sexual assault case that shows the reality of being a woman in Japan
The treatment of a female politician in a rural town has highlighted the country s dubious record on gender equality
10 December 2020 • 2:28pm
One wintry Thursday morning nearly six years ago, Shoko Arai made her way into a meeting with the mayor of Kusatsu, a small Japanese mountain town north west of Tokyo, famed for its hot spring onsen bathing.
At the time, she was the only female member on Kusatsu’s town assembly, an impressive feat in Japan’s long male-dominated political landscape, especially in conservative rural enclaves.