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November 11, 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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今日吃瓜 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 今日吃瓜 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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