The generation that fought the Asia-Pacific War is dying off. With each passing month, obituaries inform that the final soldier from a battalion, division or...
The number of novel coronavirus cases has been mounting nationwide. Confirmed cases in Tokyo alone reached a single-day record of 472 on August 1. ...
Yoshinobu Yamamoto possesses an explosive fastball and a determined demeanor on the mound. The Orix Buffaloes hurler also owns a fierce competitive spirit. Yamamoto...
The coronavirus pandemic has set off a gardening boom. What can we learn from growing flowers and vegetables in times of uncertainty? It all changed...
I arrived in Taipei, Taiwan, as The Sankei Shimbun bureau chief in January 1991, shortly after the outbreak of the Gulf War. Lee Teng-hui (1923-2020)...
2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, which is called “VJ (Victory over Japan) Day” in...
The grandson of a Hiroshima atomic bomb victim who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics has spoken publicly about his grandfather’s life in order to...
August 10 marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the National Police Reserve (NPR, Kokka Keisatsu Yobitai), the predecessor of the Japan Ground...
Tibetan Buddhism's Tawang Monastery in India (Author Vikramjit Kakati, C C License, Wikimedia Commons) China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has refused to de-escalate the...
After Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency in April, Japanese people acted in a remarkable manner. The government declaration was not legally...
Visiting Osutaka Ridge It’s July 2020 and I’m standing at Osutaka Ridge, the site of the world’s worst-ever single plane accident: the JAL123...
UNIQLO and Fast Retailing Co. chairman and president Tadashi Yanai brushes aside concerns over divisions in the world due to the global coronavirus pandemic. He...