SUNDAY LEAD
Sunday Lead / Sports & Culture
Japan opens Group F against the Netherlands, carrying a deeper question: who leads the midfield after Wataru Endo?
June 14, 2026 / Japan.co.jp Sunday Edition
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Travel / Life Events
Weak yen, photography, family travel, shrines, gardens and hotels are turning Japan weddings into life-event journeys.
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Festivals / Seasons
The rainy month is more than weather: Sanno Matsuri, hydrangeas, fireflies, rice planting and kite battles open summer.
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Travel / Nature
The Azusa River, alpine boardwalks and summer silence raise a hard question: how should Japan fund fragile beauty?
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Anime / Regions
Fans walk the settings of beloved stories, and regional towns rediscover themselves through fiction, railways and manners.
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Sumo / Experience
The ring, salt, applause and chanko make sumo more than sport — it is a doorway into ritual and neighborhood life.
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Music / Nightlife
Vinyl, whisky, neon and conversation turn Osaka’s listening bars into a different kind of travel memory.
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Science / Nature
Less successful foragers may learn from companions. Small cues reveal social intelligence and a changing Antarctic world.
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Society / Health
Adult diagnosis is not an ending but a way to reread life, work, family expectations and the meaning of accommodation.
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Travel / Consumer Life
When the phone becomes the travel agency, glossy posts, bookings, payments and language gaps can turn fun into friction.
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