(Conclusion) Part 1: Do We Understand War? Japanese Experts Discuss the Realities of Confronting North Korea Part 2: To Take Down North Korea,...
(Second of three parts) Part 1: Do We Understand War? Japan Experts Discuss Realities of Confronting North Korea As South and North Korea...
The new year is an opportune time to take stock of the challenges that lie before India on the foreign policy front. Earlier in...
(First of three parts) Pundits worldwide have made a cottage industry out of speculating on the situation in North Korea. These factors combine to...
People celebrate Christmas in Panama Panama has received munificent rewards from Beijing for its decision to formally cut all diplomatic relations with Taiwan in favor...
Professor Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University, 55, became more widely known after he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2012. Five...
Emperor and Empress visit Minami Sanriku after the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 11, 2011. Japan is stepping up disaster prevention initiatives after government...
Japonisme became popular among Western artists during the latter half of the 19th century. It was a huge movement in many areas of art, including...
Last December 14th, Japanese law enforcers arrested three men in Shibata City, Niigata Prefecture, including Yuzuru Yachida, 47, the CEO of M-Create Inc., an environmental...
(Conclusion) Part 1: ‘Shine Brightly’: Calligrapher Shoko Kanazawa Writes New Year Kanji for ‘JAPAN Forward’ Readers Shoko Kanazawa is one of the most...
Ukiyo-e painter Hokusai from the late Edo period is considered in Europe to be so exceptional that artists will immediately think of ukiyo-e whenever his...
(First of two parts) In a calligraphy studio on the outskirts of Tokyo, Shoko Kanazawa—dressed in white tabi, black hakama, and a cornsilk-colored kimono...