©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 […]
This week, UNESCO will consider Japan’s proposal to nominate “Okinoshima Island and Related Sites in the Munakata Region” as a World Heritage Site. We sat down with Takayuki Ashizu, chief priest of Munakata Shrine, to understand why the new nomination is so important, and what the ancient rituals of Okinoshima mean to the priests […]
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 […]
The fighting spirit certainly carried him through. Souta Fujii—who, at 14, is the youngest ever professional shogi player— bagged his 29th straight victory in the first match of ‘Ryu-ou-sen’ tournament on Monday night, June 26, in a match that ran on for more than 11 hours. After wining, 4th-Dan Fujii said, “I was very […]
All of Japan is currently captivated by the 14-year-old Souta Fujii. Undefeated since his debut match last December, the youngest ever professional shogi (or Japanese chess) player (or kishi) has extended his winning streak to equal the longest official undefeated streak of 28 games on June 21. Artificial intelligence (AI) has played […]
Toshihiko Isao, 82, is a painter and ukiyo-e researcher. Isao’s studio is chock full of thousands of old records, CDs, and books lined up along the walls. Isao has a deep and learned appreciation for music as well as art, and is particularly enamored of LPs. Isao can also play the classical guitar. He enjoys […]
It’s been happening since 2014: every last weekend of June, in the Republic of San Marino—a country of less than 34,000 people in southern Europe—Japanese culture is celebrated. Specifically, the Nippon Matsuri (Japanese Festival) happens at the Podere Lesignano in Serravalle, one of the state’s 9 castelli or municipalities. This year, the […]
By Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard 323 pages Henry Holt & Co.: New York, 2016 Jason Morgan, for JAPAN Forward In April 2017, disgraced former Fox News personality and self-styled “conservative” pundit Bill O’Reilly denounced as a war crime the use of chemical weapons in an attack on Syria. […]
