Reader Mail Aug 31, 2020

Abe leaves a mixed legacy

My time in Japan has overlapped with some major historical moments: Barack Obama’s visit to Hiroshima as the first U.S. president to do so; the first ever retirement of an emperor and the subsequent naming of a new era; and now the early retirement ...

Reader Mail Aug 31, 2020

Japanese leaders put economy over citizens’ well-being

The Aug. 24 article “Over 2 million used Japan's Go To Travel subsidy campaign in first month” proved to me that Japan’s leaders are only concerned about making the economy better. When the government announced the Go To Travel campaign to support the tourism ...