The Jewish Woman Behind the “Curaçao Visa” During World War II, Chiune Sugihara saved many Jewish refugees with "Visas for Life.” This incredible feat is well-known....
I recently took a trip to Shimane Prefecture, also known as the San’in region, to research some of the mythical origins of the sword and...
Susumu Nishibe, a renowned conservative author and commentator, recently passed away at the age of 78. His final television broadcast, in which he lectured on the value...
On November 22, 2017, in a live performance venue in Kabukicho, Tokyo, Hawking Aoyama appeared on stage in his wheelchair to perform in the rakugo...
Galileo Ferrari - Tokyo On January 11--just in time for the Year of the Dog--Sony released the new AI-equipped domestic robot dog, “aibo.”...
When British Prime Minister Teresa May visited Japan last August, she and Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera had an exchange about their countries’ “long history...
Megumi and Sakie in 1966. Dear Megumi, The new year has finally come. Despite our desperate pleas with the government for the rescue of...
The Xinhua News Agency recently released an article titled, “Who is Hoodwinking Japan? Visiting China Entails Risk of Incarceration?” The purpose of the article was...
Despite the brief hiatus in tensions between Japan and China over the Senkakus—islands historically owned and administered by Japan but in recent decades claimed by...
Refusing to hide its ambition to take the Japanese sovereign territory of the Senkaku Islands (Okinawa Prefecture), China was not content with just sending Chinese...
The onnagata Iwai Hanshirō V as the grocer’s daughter Oshichi. Artist: Utagawa Kunisada I. c.1815. On stage, it is a cold, dark night towards the...
According to the Imperial Household Ministry, the New Year’s greeting held at the Imperial Palace on January 2nd attracted 126,720 visitors, the biggest crowd ever...