Tokyo Olympics ban hugging and handshakes but handout 160,000 ‘souvenir’ condoms … should games go ahead? - The Belfast Telegraph
Japan shrugs as Americans fume over Gwen Stefani ‘appropriation’ - Al Jazeera
Japan’s leadership: Kishida takes the helm as PM, maintaining the LDP status quo - The Independent
Living the dream: Dublin scientist’s mission to catch ‘big fish’ UFOs of Utah’s Skinwalker Ranch - The Irish Independent
Japan May Have To Give Up on the South Kuril Islands - Tokyo Weekender
Japanese artist Shiro Masuyama meets Belfast through art - The Belfast Telegraph
In Praise of Silence: Japan’s Ancient Relationship to the Absence of Noise - Deeper Japan
Jazz Kissa: A Musical Culture Unique to Japan - Tokyo Weekender
'The Outsider' brings out colorful personality of one of history’s great Japanophiles- The Japan Times
Tetsuya Ishida: A Despairing Retrospective - Tokyo Weekender
Cash Incentives Will Do Little to Revitalize Japan’s Countryside - Tokyo Weekender
As war enters year two, Ukrainians are filling Japan’s tech gap - Al Jazeera
Finding Solace in a Tokyo Bookshop - Intrepid Times
Dejima: Walking in the Footsteps of Jacob de Zoet - Tokyo Weekender
Welcome to the new Jazz Age: Why the music scene in NI is ‘the best we’ve ever had’ - The Belfast Telegraph