The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus Newsletter Newsletter No. 7, 2020 April 01, 2020 New Articles Greetings. We wish everyone safety and health at the present time of the global pandemic crisis. While many of us now spend time at home, we would like to remind you of our 2-Part Special Issue on the 2020 Olympics, edited by Jeff Kingston, published last month. This is by far the most ambitious effort we have undertaken, containing over 40 articles on various related topics, and we hope many of you will find them worthwhile. In the present issue, Jeff provides an update detailing new developments that finally led to the official postponement of the 2020 Olympics and their rescheduling in 2021. Please see the Kingston article below which links to the Table of Contents of the Special Issue. Also, NHK Television has published a documentary on the COVID-19 in Japan which may be of our readers' interest. It has discussions about the nature of the virus, reflection on why Japan has apparently been less severely affected than China, South Korea and the United States, and an assessment of Japanese government policy. It is 65 minutes long and is available through this link until April 9.  Keyao Pan Networking for War Criminal Amnesty: The Establishment of Japan’s War Convicted Benefit Society Astghik Hovhannisyan The Testimony of a Victim of Forced Sterilization in Japan: Kita Saburō Andrew DeWit, Riyanti Djalante and Rajib Shaw Building Holistic Resilience: Tokyo’s 2050 Strategy Gavan McCormack Abe Shinzo and Japan’s One-Strong (Ikkyo) State Jeff Kingston Abe Prioritized Olympics, Slowing Japan’s Pandemic Response Quick Links Newsletter Archive More About Us Contributing to APJ