Koji Murofushi, the departing sports director for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, has acquired big responsibilities as the new head of the Japan Sports...
India received as a surprise and shock Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s announcement of his resignation, citing his deteriorating health, just weeks before a scheduled virtual...
Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to a wide...
The number of typhoons approaching the Pacific coast of the Japanese archipelago has increased in the last 20 years, a report released by the Meteorological...
Naomi Osaka advanced to the U.S. Open women's singles final with a hard-fought 7-6 (7-1), 3-6, 6-3 victory over Jennifer Brady on Thursday, September 10...
How much are you willing to pay to eat your favorite shellfish? This was the question raised by one particular variety of clam from...
(Part 12 of a Series) Continuing from my previous article, I would like to talk about the short story Musashino by the writer Kunikida...
Listen in as the JAPAN Forward editorial team chats with graduate student and intern Mariko Azuma, who has returned from Kyoto to deliver insights and updates...
Part 11 of 14 parts The Sankei Shimbun and JAPAN Forward wanted to know more about what it is that attracts men and women...
Nobuyoshi Araki, commonly known by the mononym Arākī, is a world-famous photographer who has also been awarded the highest order by the Austrian government. ...
Former Liberal Democratic Party secretary general Shigeru Ishiba announced he would run for election as LDP president to determine who would be prime minister now that...
The cargo transporter Kounotori safely completed its final mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on August 20. The nine successful Kounotori missions so...