As Japan's beautiful sakura season begins to approach its end and people wrap up their hanami, or cherry blossom viewing parties, photographers have flocked to famous cherry...
Photos Courtesy of "Prisoner Of Sakura", Now in Cinemas | KADOKAWA ©2019 "PRISONER OF SAKURA" FILM PARTNERS. On March 16, the film The Prisoner of...
Alan Booth is best known as the author of The Roads to Sata, his account of a solo walk from the northern tip of Hokkaido,...
When the proprietor of Gembei, a venerable yakitori establishment near Waseda University, died some 40 years ago, in lieu of flowers his coffin was stuffed...
Last March 13, China yet again blocked the proposed initiative of the United States, Britain, and France to have the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)...
Since JAPAN Forward asked readers and followers at the end of March to send us their original sakura photos this year, we’ve been getting really amazing...
What significance does the tenno or “emperor” have for Japan and the Japanese people? There is no easy answer to that question. Suffice it to...
In January, the first Studio Ghibli exhibition in Tokyo for 3 years was announced to open in April. It’s a collaboration between the powerhouse animation...
There are only a few weeks out of the year when people all over Japan get out and enjoy what is called hanami (花見), or...
On March 23, the Rias Line in Iwate Prefecture resumed normal operations for the first time since 2011. Located in Tohoku, the northeastern region...
As Japan prepares to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020, there has been much attention to how the country will handle the influx...
A couple of potential crises have been evolving in the Western Pacific region simultaneously since early 2018. These emerging jeopardies pose urgent threats to the...