Earlier in November, Nepal’s political opposition was more than vocal in highlighting Beijing’s latest territorial seizure worth around 150 hectares along the Himalayan border running between...
Operating off the shores of Lake Biwa, Ohmi merchants focused on interregional trade. The Tokugawa economy was growing. Producers were increasingly specializing by region....
Japan is relaxing travel restrictions further for Japanese residents and foreigners with resident status in Japan who, until now, had to jump through several...
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three researchers who were successful in proving the presence of black holes by theory and...
The feud has escalated between South Korean novelist Jo Jung-rae and a group of academics who refuted his anti-Japan work. Jo Jung-rae, one...
What's in a name? Mayor Yutaka Umeda will tell you "a lot", if you read it the right way. Just a few days ago, Yutaka...
In stark contrast to its external image of pretty pink flowers, the parasitic plant Striga — also known as witchweed — brutally attaches itself...
The Japanese government has started to ease its restraints on entry, exit, re-entry and return to Japan from particular countries and regions. Vietnam...
November 5 is “World Tsunami Awareness Day (WTAD)” ー a good time for each of us to share our determination to protect human life...
It was a big week in the B. League. A week that seemed to punctuate this point: the basketball season is in full swing now....
As JAPAN Forward celebrates its third anniversary, we extend our gratitude and appreciation to all of the supporters, contributors and readers who have helped us reach...
The charged geopolitical landscape across Asia and the Indo-Pacific is at present extremely delicately balanced between China and other key players. Most of the...