JAPAN Forward Announces 2018 Cherry Blossom Photo Contest The season for Hanami, or cherry blossom viewing, is fast approaching in Tokyo and the Kanto...
As the sakura season starts to blossom for 2018, JAPAN Forward is calling for submissions of your best sakura photos. The rules are...
The brand new musical KAWAII Kabuki-Momotarō by the Hello Kitty Troupe (screenplay, direction, and lyrics by Kensuke Yokouchi) premiered on March 10 at the Märchen...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, shakes hands with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang in New Delhi, March 3, 2018. (AP) Vietnam, by...
When we hear the words trade war, we think of the 1980s when the Japan-United States trade friction was particularly intense. Japanese exports were...
2018, marks the 190th anniversary of the birth of Russian writer Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy—Leo Tolstoy to the English world—considered one of greatest authors of...
The Paralympic Games have begun. The participation by 570 athletes from 49 countries and regions this year makes it the largest in the history of...
It’s seven years since the 3/11 Great Eastern Japan earthquake and tsunami that killed over 18,000 people. It left an impression on anyone who...
The debate over constitutional revision within the Japanese government and the Liberal Democratic Party looks to begin in earnest. On March 7, the...
Military expansion is on the rise in China amid Xi Jinping’s consolidation of power in a personal dictatorship. Not a few quarters are concerned about...
Galileo Ferrari - Tokyo Rakuten is planning a new cryptocurrency called Rakuten Coin, which promises to create a “borderless” shopping experience and allow...
United States President Donald Trump announced on Thursday, March 8 (Friday, March 9, in Japan) that he would be meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un...