The special effects series Ultraman, which boasts a 50-year history, began broadcasting its newest offering, Ultraman Geed, on July 8th. The newest incarnation of the Japanese hero can be seen around the world via the Internet. The series features a lead character who is the son of the only Ultraman who turned bad. […]
As if the Japanese summer is not hot enough, it seems to be getting hotter each year. For centuries, though, the Japanese people knew just exactly how to survive the hot weather—and in fashionable ways at that. One of the most famous summer symbols, the “goldfish” were known from Muromachi era, which was […]
People being boiled in pots and lakes of blood—these are sights that would make you shudder. They are called Buddhist “hellscapes,” and are now on display at the “Wonderland of Buddhist Hell Scenes,” an exhibit that will run throughout the summer at Tokyo’s Mitsui Memorial Museum in Nihonbashi. Amid blaze, the tongues of […]
A visitor watches the Japanese sword at the Osaka Museum of History. The museum is holding a special exhibition titled “Sumo and Japanese Swords” in the Special Exhibition Hall on the 6th floor from July 8 (Sat.) to August 28 (Mon.), 2017. The curved Japanese sword was perfected at the […]
ONE PIECE (C)Eiichiro Oda／SHUEISHA One Piece, the comics series by Eiichiro Oda, will be made into a live-action TV series by a major Hollywood producer, publisher Shueisha confirmed on Friday, July 21st. The announcement was made at an event celebrating the series’ 20th anniversary, the Sankei Shimbun reported, although details, such as […]
©2017 Lions Gate TM&© Toei & SCG P.R. Hollywood has long been taken over by superhero movies, such as The Avengers, and it’s now ready for an adaptation of an original Japanese superhero series. On July 15, Power Rangers began its run in Japanese theaters. Based on the Japanese series Super Sentai, […]
There is trend now called the “100-yen store DIY (Do It Yourself),” where products from 100-yen stores are used to do home projects that range from making little accessories to renovating rooms. It is especially popular among women who want to make their living space more comfortable but save money at the same time. […]
Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan ⓒteamMIURA Organist, harpsichordist, and conductor Masaaki Suzuki and his Bach Collegium Japan ensemble are set to finish recording the complete choral works of Johann Sebastian Bach. It will be the first time for Bach’s complete choral works—over 220 works—to be recorded by a single group. […]
Hideto Kijima, president of Japan Accessible Tourism Center, speaks about the shocking incident at Amami Oshima A disabled man in a wheelchair crawled up the stairs to a Vanilla Air plane after being told he was not allowed to board because he could not walk. The incident occurred at Amami Airport on the […]
They’re called the tsumamizaiku, those cute, at times dainty, hairpins. But centuries before they became ubiquitous among young ladies today, they were the traditional accessories made and used by female servants of the Imperial court during the Edo period 300 years ago. In those times, high society people in the court […]
Update: On July 9, 2017, UNESCO inscribed the Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region on the World Heritage List. Shortly before the approval, Japan Forward visited the Munakata region to learn the traditional meaning of these sites. Our original report is as follows. This week, UNESCO will consider Japan’s […]
What lets us know that someone has lived? Mao Kobayashi, a television personality who passed away on June 22 from breast cancer, had her blog. She started it when she was first diagnosed, as a way to record her feelings and thoughts. She didn’t want to tell anyone about her illness, didn’t want […]
