The commendation ceremony of the 28th Annual Grand Prize for the Global Environment Awards, attended by Crown Prince and Crown Princess Akishino (background), was held on...
ICT (Information and Communication Technology), including robots, are starting to be utilized in the childcare industry. Increasingly, advanced technology is becoming available that supports...
An historical park is being created in an area which in ancient times is thought to have held the seiden (main palace) and cloisters...
A recent booklet titled MIYOGAWARI takes on the range of rituals marking the changing of Japan’s era from Heisei to Reiwa. It aims to explain...
South Korean media have been promoting a photograph of a man working in a coal mine, alleging it shows a Korean conscripted to work under...
Naruhito Reports to the Imperial Ancestors as the New Emperor On Tuesday May 8, the series of spring rituals that began April 30 marking...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave an exclusive interview to The Sankei Shimbun on the first day of the Reiwa era (May 1), in which he...
There was amazement in London when Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson was summoned to Number Ten Downing Street and asked to resign by Prime Minister Theresa...
Although there are already thousands of kanji characters available in the Japanese language (tens of thousands if you count the most comprehensive dictionaries), kanji enthusiasts...
With deeply established traditions in dance, theater and music, Japanese entertainment offers almost too much to keep track of. But what happens...
Teaching English in Japan: The Rewards of Being on the JET Programme My personal experiences as an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) teaching English...
Very few people are not aware of Leo Tolstoy, the genius Russian writer. His works are published in many foreign languages. Indeed, more than...