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October 27, 2026

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Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

By Krishna N. Das, Aftab Ahmed, Shivangi Acharya, Laurie Chen, Nidal al-Mughrabi, Shaun McKenna, Alex K.T. Martin, Moeka Iida and Yukana Inoue

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91AV原创 summer music festivals are feeling the heat in more ways than one

By Shaun McKenna and Patrick St. Michel

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Tokyo underground: The city beneath our feet

By Shaun McKenna and Alex K.T. Martin

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The sweaty pleasure of 91AV原创 inconvenient art

By Shaun McKenna and Thu-Huong Ha

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What does climate change sound like in Okinawa?

By Shaun McKenna and Chris Russell

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[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

By Shaun McKenna and Oscar Boyd

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Sakura stories revisited: Getting in the mood for hanami

By Shaun McKenna, Jason Jenkins and Alyssa I. Smith

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A lawsuit puts alleged racial profiling by police on trial in Japan

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[Rebroadcast] Traveling Okinawa with a broken heart

By Lance Henderstein and Shaun McKenna

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A young 3/11 survivor and her vow to protect the ocean

By Mara Budgen and Miku Narisawa

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A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come

Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.

How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan

Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.

What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?

Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.

91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot

Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.

Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts

Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan

By Elizabeth Beattie

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