When I moved to Japan in August 2018, I came with a firm belief that I was going to fully immerse myself with the Japanese community...
It is a somewhat curious experience walking through the streets of the Bikan old merchant district in Kurashiki, the second largest city in Okayama Prefecture....
(First of Two Parts) On September 14, 2012, China dispatched six maritime surveillance cutters to the territorial waters of the Senkaku Islands for the...
I first began thinking about writing this commentary six months ago. In the interim, however, Japan-South Korean relations have plummeted to their lowest levels since...
President Moon Jae In clearly adopted a defiant stance in response to the Japanese government’s decision to delist South Korea from the list of Group...
Visitors to Tokyo can find many luxury hotels in the Hibiya district, in the heart of the city, near the Imperial Palace and rich...
Isn’t totalitarianism from either the left or the right the common enemy of democratic countries and their citizens? Joining hands and close cooperation are...
Last August 15, on the first anniversary in the Reiwa era of the end of the war, and for the first time since his ascension...
China has a long history of distorting its own long history. While civilizations everywhere bend the historical narrative to their own purposes, justifying and even...
The kickoff for the 2019 World Cup is approaching in Japan, with the host country facing Russia on September 20. It will be the first...
A British newspaper once praised the Japanese women’s curling team, LS Kitami (Loco Solare Kitami), and said if there was such a thing as a...
KabukiMA, a theatrical troupe which practices and promotes Japanese theatre in the West, will premiere a unique rendition of Narukami Thunder God, an 18th century...