[Photo: collecting fingerprints with young officers at the scene of a disaster] (Second of Five Parts) Part 1: Interview with Kunio Tojima, Japanese...
(First of Five Parts) Veteran investigator Kunio Tojima, police colonel of the Royal Thai Police, sat down with Sankei Shimbun and JAPAN Forward reporter Hideki...
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean Workers’ Party Chairman Kim Jong-un held talks on April 27 at Panmunjom, the truce village straddling the...
Otohiko Takano's 'Hana no Iro' Feast on themes of ‘miyabi’ and ‘Moee’ A collection of works by manga and anime illustrators at the...
Since recognition of Japan Cool in 2009 by Douglas McGray, there has been a steep increase in the number of visitors to Japan. Most visitors...
The Japanese media’s incessant focus on the links between civil servants and Shinzo Abe takes away attention from far more important issues facing the Prime Minister....
In his landmark speech titled “Confluence of the Two Seas,” delivered before the Indian Parliament in August 2007, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe noted that...
A recent episode, where at least two women climbed up into the sumo wrestling ring—known as the dohyo in Japanese—and were asked to leave caused...
On April 20, the Sankei Shimbun and JAPAN Forward interviewed Edwin J. Feulner, PhD, about the recent summit meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and United...
The sixth meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and United States President Donald Trump—where they agreed on a policy of maintaining maximum pressure on North...
The ruins of “Isawa Castle” are in the city of Oshu, Iwate prefecture, in the region of Michinoku, better known as Tohoku on the...
(Conclusion) While Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is in the United States for a summit with President Donald Trump, JAPAN Forward runs a series of articles that provides...