Sept. 14, 2018: Osaka grand slam, helping foreigners, Abe Putin, hangman pay and tourism pollution.

In this week's news from Japan Today: Naomi Osaka is the first Japanese to win a Grand Slam tennis tournament but people seem obsessed with her nationality here; Japan — overwhelmed by natural disasters this summer — turns its attention to helping foreigners deal with emergencies; Prime Minister Abe and Vladimir Putin look to officially end WWII hostilities; how executioners get paid in Japan — and how much — and with Japan’s rise as a top travel destination so to the rise in “tourism pollution.”

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This weeks stories:
Osaka Grand Slam — https://japantoday.com/category/sports/U.S.-Open-champ-Naomi-Osaka-gets-hero's-welcome-in-Japan

Helping Foreigners — https://japantoday.com/category/national/focus-quake-reveals-japan-woefully-unprepared-to-help-foreigners-in-disasters

Abe Putin — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Putin-tells-Abe-he-hopes-for-peace-treaty-this-year

Hangman Pay — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/cruel-yet-popular-punishment-japan's-death-penalty

Tourism Pollution —
https://japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/it%E2%80%99s-time-to-consider-placing-limits-on-the-number-of-people-who-enter-as-an-anti-crowding-measure.-to-maintain-our-pride-as-a-tourism-nation-harmonious-coexistence-with-local-residents-is-extremely-important.