Travel
A New Playground! Harry Potter Theme Park to Open in Tokyo in 2023
A new amusement park featuring characters and stories of the Harry Potter novel and film will be built […]
Travel
What 10 Days in Noble Silent Meditation in Japan Taught Me
Yasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Story (Tokyo Monogatari, 1953) provides the backdrop to a voluntary decision I undertook to mark
Sports
2019 in JAPAN Forward Stories: Rugby World Cup and Other ‘Firsts’ in Japanese Sports
As 2019 comes to a close, we at JAPAN Forward are reflecting on the stories that moved Japan this […]
Culture
World-Famous Manga Artists Share Why They Keep Coming Back to Tokyo Comic Con
The three-day Tokyo Comic Con 2019 wrapped up on Sunday, November 24, and guess who, beside the fans and […]
Sports
Japanese Fans Go Wild As Tiger Woods Roars at Zozo Championship in Chiba
Tiger Woods, who conquered the world as a young golf phenom, returned to form by winning the inaugural Zozo […]
Special Reports
PHOTOS: Hagibis Causes 14 Rivers to Overflow in Tokyo Metro, East Japan, October 13
In the early hours of Sunday, October 13, Typhoon Hagibis moved from the Tokyo metropolitan area up north-east region,
Special Reports
Japan After Typhoon Hagibis: 24 Dead, 17 Missing, 170 Injured
Typhoon Hagibis – the 19th of the season and potentially the strongest in 51 years – passed Tokyo and East […]
Special Reports
PHOTOS: Metro Tokyo as Typhoon Hagibis Approaches, October 12
Tokyo and its surrounding areas — Kanagawa, Chiba, Ibaraki, Gunma, Nagano, Yamanashi, Shizuoka — were bettered by heav
Special Reports
UPDATE: Typhoon Hagibis Slams Tokyo, Easter Japan Amid Death, Injury, Evacuation
Typhoon Hagibis — potentially the strongest to hit Japan in 51 years — hit land in the Tokyo bay area around […]
Special Reports
Japan Braces for What Could Be Strongest Typhoon in 51 Years
Story Updated at 1 AM, 12 October 2019 Super Typhoon Hagibis — the Philippine name for the 19th significant […]
Economy & Tech
In the Land of Typhoons, Why Are Power Poles Slow to Disappear in Japan?
Surprisingly, only 8% of the electric power lines throughout the 23 wards of the Tokyo Metropolis are installed underg
Culture
With ‘Detroit: Become Human,’ David Cage Aims to Create Video Games That ‘Change Lives’
Tokyo Game Show (TGS) 2019 concluded on Sunday, September 15, and the video gaming community is still abuzz with the [&