Three hundred kilometers west of Tokyo, in the heart of Japan’s Niigata Prefecture, lies Shirone. It is a modest city with a yearly festival that...
Twelve-year-old Mizugu Okamoto wowed everyone at the 2019 Dew Tour Women’s Park Skateboarding Finals in Long Beach, California, on Sunday, June 16. The event...
The time has come for the Japanese government and Diet to act in defense of the freedom and human rights of the people of Hong...
Kunihiko Waguri, The Westin Tokyo’s veteran executive chef for Chinese cuisine, sat down recently with JAPAN Forward to discuss his mindset as a culinary...
Donguri Republic, the official Studio Ghibli merchandise store, have items to suit every type of Ghibli fan and are an elegant way to bring your...
Shohei Otani, the designated hitter for the United States Major League team the Los Angeles Angels, hit for the cycle on Thursday, June 13, becoming...
The sound of pheasants chirping and frogs croaking filled the air. The rice paddies reflected the blue sky, and the ridges between them...
In his 1952 book Die Monarchie im modernen Staat (The Monarchy in the Modern State), renowned constitutional scholar Karl Loewenstein described the institution of monarchy...
With Nadeshiko, the nickname of the Japanese Women’s team, visibly rattled and disappointed after a draw with Argentina on Monday June 10, expectations were...
On the last day of 2018 the editorial board of The New York Times (NYT) issued one of its ex cathedra statements telling Japan and...
A United Nations human rights representative is questioning freedom of the press in Japan, even while the world body maintains a deafening silence on the...
Is anything ever truly by chance? On a whim I planned a getaway to Mitakesan, a village perched on the top of Mt. Mitake...