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AICHI

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 12, 2019
Police obtain warrant for driver suspected of firing airgun on Tomei Expressway
Police have obtained a fresh arrest warrant for a minivan driver in his 40s on suspicion of vandalism for allegedly firing an apparent airgun toward another driver on the Tomei Expressway in Aichi Prefecture while driving recklessly, investigative sources said Thursday.
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JAPAN
Sep 7, 2019
Three children and elderly man drown in Japanese rivers
Three children and an elderly man drowned Saturday after playing in two different rivers in Japan as summer-like heat returned to many parts of the country.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Sep 2, 2019
Japan exhibition organizer defends pulling 'comfort woman' statue as opponents decry censorship
The Aichi Triennale's artistic director justified the move given a crisis in ties between Japan and South Korea and arson threats.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 30, 2019
Fire breaks out at Toyota's HQ in Aichi; no one injured
Toyota Motor Corp was investigating a blaze Friday at its headquarters in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, that is believed to have broken out in the technology development division, a company spokeswoman said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage / CULTURE NOTES
Aug 22, 2019
Aichi Triennale: Our freedoms are not dead just yet
The sudden Aug. 3 closure of "After 'Freedom of Expression?'" — a multiartist exhibit at the Aichi Triennale 2019 — clearly highlighted the ongoing struggles some people have with that very issue of freedoms in Japan.
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JAPAN / Society
Aug 20, 2019
Controversial art exhibit's closure leaves Japan pondering limits of freedom of expression
Ever since a section of a public art exhibition in Nagoya was closed after coming under a barrage of complaints and threats, Japan has been in a state of introspection over its freedom of expression.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 19, 2019
Bontaro Dokuyama: The art of expression
After the Great East Japan Earthquake, Fukushima native Bontaro Dokuyama began to focus on becoming an artist, explaining that he didn't see much expression from his home area: 'If the audience enjoys having their thoughts provoked, that is enjoyable for me as an artist.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 17, 2019
Outrage over Aichi Triennale exhibition ignites debate over freedom of expression in art
Three days after it opened on Aug. 1, a section of the Aichi Triennale 2019 arts festival, which is taking place in and around the city of Nagoya, was closed due to controversy over one of its exhibits and an anonymous threat.
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JAPAN
Aug 16, 2019
Artists pressure Aichi event organizers after exhibit containing 'comfort women' statue shut down
International artists are putting pressure on the organizers of an international cultural festival in Nagoya after an exhibit featuring a statue of a girl symbolizing "comfort women" was canceled.
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JAPAN
Aug 15, 2019
Statue of 'comfort women' pulled from Japanese exhibition finds new home in Spain
A Spanish businessman has bought a statue symbolizing women who worked in Japanese military brothels that was removed from an exhibition in Japan after organizers received threats over the piece.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / Regional voices: Chubu
Aug 9, 2019
Aichi high schoolers pass on alumni's experiences of WWII air raids
Seventy-four years after the end of World War II, high school students in Aichi Prefecture are working to pass down stories of students who lived through wartime air raids.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2019
Aichi governor calls mayor's demand that 'comfort women' exhibition be closed 'unconstitutional'
The exhibit featured artworks that had earlier been rejected or removed by other exhibition organizers. It was halted just three days after the opening of the 75-day-long art festival.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 1, 2019
DiDi Mobility Japan starts taxi-hailing service in Aichi
DiDi Mobility Japan Corp. began offering its taxi-hailing service, used via smartphones, in Aichi Prefecture on Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 30, 2019
Diving into the world of political performance at Aichi Triennale
The political function of art is a perennial question in the field of aesthetics. In classical Athens, Plato argued that art as a form of imitation was limited in its ability to communicate knowledge about political life. In contrast, Aristotle saw this mimetic gap as a space for imagining new political...
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JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jul 3, 2019
Newly created Aichi fund provides foster children with access to higher education
A fund set up by the Aichi Prefectural Government in March is providing financial aid to students from children's homes seeking to enter higher education.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jun 6, 2019
Inazawa junior high school students to participate in Greek leg of 2020 relay
Junior high school students from Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, will take part in the Greek leg of the 2020 Tokyo Games torch relay after the flame is lit in Olympia on March 12 next year, a city official said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 1, 2019
68 restaurants awarded stars in inaugural Michelin Guide to Aichi, Gifu and Mie prefectures
On May 17, Michelin published the Michelin Guide Aichi-Gifu-Mie 2019, the company's inaugural guide to Aichi, Gifu and Mie prefectures in Japan's central Tokai region.
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JAPAN
May 26, 2019
Ceremony held to mark 50 years since Tomei Expressway was fully opened
A ceremony was held Sunday to mark the 50th anniversary of the full opening of the 347-kilometer-long (215-mile-long) Tomei Expressway, which connects Tokyo's Setagaya Ward and the city of Komaki in Aichi Prefecture.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 8, 2019
Judge clears father accused of sexual assault against daughter, saying court cannot establish victim's incapacity to resist
A father accused of sexually assaulting his daughter in Aichi Prefecture in 2017 has been found not guilty because the court was unable to establish that the victim's ability to resist intercourse with him was diminished, it has been learned.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Apr 3, 2019
Toho captures final high school championship of Heisei Era
Toho, the Aichi Prefecture school that won the National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament held in the first year of the Heisei Era 30 years ago, won the spring final on Wednesday in the last tournament of the current era.

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