Tokyo’s extreme summer heat may adversely affect Olympic athletes

The 2020 Summer Olympics is to take place in Tokyo from July 24 to August 9. There is growing concern that Tokyo’s fierce heat may seriously affect athletes’ health.

General contractor secretly wins tender for new US base construction in Okinawa

As the majority of Okinawans are opposing the planned construction of a new U.S. military base in the Henoko district of Nago City, Japan’s Defense Ministry secretly decided on a contractor to do the preparatory works for the construction project.

Hibakusha call on Abe to retract Cabinet decision on Japan’s use of collective self-defense right

Representatives of seven groups of A-bomb survivors on August 6, the 69th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, directly urged PM Abe to retract the Cabinet decision to lift the ban on Japan’s use of the right to collective self-defense.