The Ukrainian President spoke directly to over 500 Japanese lawmakers on Wednesday, March 23 in an appeal for help to stop Russia’s invasion of his country.
“Japan is a soft superpower.” “What we want from Japan is pioneering efforts for the future reconstruction of Ukraine.” – Sergiy Korsunsky, Ukraine Ambassador to Japan.
“Tongans know their needs better than foreign visitors. Aid needs to be reframed as solidarity, not as benevolence.”
“The Tokyo 2020 Olympics is a great opportunity for Japan to show its organizational power again,” Nikkei Toshihiko Tan says. “But in my opinion, this Olympiad...
A photojournalist reunites with a couple who, after losing their daughter to the 3.11 earthquake, sought healing from a Sankei Shimbun photograph a decade ago.
Preoccupation with the coronavirus might make people forget the rebuilding of lives in Fukushima, says the author of Tokyo Ueno Station and owner of Full House...
The plot centers around 50 employees at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant who were among hundreds who risked their lives to prevent a complete meltdown...
Ishinomaki’s losses reflect the greater Tohoku experience. The town which had a population of about 160,000 people in 2011, suffered 3,554 dead and 421 who are...
Lamentable though the disruptions of 2020 have been, they’ve given us a once-in-a-lifetime chance for rejuvenation. Let’s not squander it. If I may suggest a word...
Many of Japan’s traditions and ideas are unfamiliar to those outside of Japan. Therefore, JAPAN Forward and Jinja Honcho have collaborated to bring readers an explanation...