Foreign policy analyst and former American diplomat Evans Revere granted a telephone interview to The Sankei Shimbun’s New York bureau chief, Mayu Uetsuka, and JAPAN Forward,...
Camera companies have released their latest models of mirrorless cameras in time for CP+, Asia’s largest camera trade show, which was held in Yokohama for...
Tokyo’s Akihabara district is known as a place for otaku culture, such as anime, manga, maid cafes, and underground idols. However, 11 years ago a...
Eight years have passed since the disaster of the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Today, rugged growths of natural sea...
Source: At Press Gudetama, a very relatable character, is an egg who likes to laze around. His creators, Sanrio, are famously responsible for Hello Kitty...
Presented by Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC) Official development assistance (ODA), direct investment in Southeast Asia, participation in the Cambodian peace process,...
“Floral Beauty in Buddhist Art,” an exhibition which opened at the Nezu Museum in Tokyo’s Minami-Aoyama neighborhood, is a delightful show that explores the world...
It’s the time of year when one of the oldest and most evocative Buddhist rituals takes place in Nara. Starting from March 1, for two...
International Women's Day (IWD) celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Annually recognized on March 8, the day also marks a call to...
Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura and the Governor of Osaka Prefecture Ichiro Matsui have big plans to put the city of Osaka on the map,...
On Friday February 22, Kobe hosted the Kansai Resilience Forum 2019. Its singular purpose: to share with the world the lessons learned from natural disasters....
The government’s Earthquake Research Committee released a new long-term evaluation of the likelihood of future seismic activities in the Tohoku region of Japan, urging the...