On International Women’s Day, JAPAN Forward introduces some of the women who seek to overcome social barriers by speaking out, finding work-life balance, and embracing diversity.
The 25-year-old Ehime Prefecture native completed the race in 2 hours, 4 minutes, 56 seconds. He shattered his previous personal-best time by more than 5 minutes.
Payment terms were better for wartime comfort women than for prewar prostitutes … We should also consider that the American and German military ran comfort stations...
Forced recruitment? Sexual slavery? The relationship between comfort women and comfort station owners in the Japanese colonial period must be viewed as “indentured servitude contracts.” 1st...
Ando had won every event she had entered that season except for the Grand Prix Final. But all of this mattered little without the motivation to...
“The safety and security of any city is not solely down to the efforts of the organizers. Rather, safety is secured via the cooperation of tenants,...
Towards the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the world tolerated China’s crackdown on Tibetans. Now it is Uyghurs, Hong Kong and more. Let’s not repeat the same mistake...
The two-time defending world champion has endured various setbacks in recent years. While enjoying success in the sport, Momota has gained a deeper appreciation for those...
All NPFC parties came together this year for first steps on sanma conservation, but it will take persistence and data collection to ensure the resource is...
Listen in as JAPAN Forward sports editor Ed Odeven and guest Jack Gallagher discuss legendary choreographer David Wilson’s recent remarks about Skate Canada and Canadian figure...
Determined survivors are reconstructing their cities from the Tohoku Earthquake, while cleaning up from the latest tremor, preparing for the Olympic Torch Relay and planning to...
The Japanese hotel industry has been hard-hit by the pandemic, but domestic demand is fast expanding for reasonably priced long term stay deals with options and...
