Yudai Baba exhibited dynamic athleticism and an improved shooting touch from 3-point range during the 2019-20 NBA G League season. The Japanese athlete displayed more than...
We welcome the British government’s decision, as announced on July 14, to ban new 5G equipment made by the Chinese telecom giant Huawei over a...
From the psychedelic Shibuya-like dreamscapes of the “Super Mario” universe, to the mystically redolent re-imaginings of furusato (historic rural Japan) in the “Legend of Zelda,” Nintendo...
According to research conducted by Japan’s National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR), Adélie penguins, the most common species of penguins in Antarctica, tend to have...
Japan's 17-year-old shogi sensation Sota Fujii on July 16 became the youngest player ever to win any one of the board game’s eight major titles...
Hideto Asamura is on pace to set a career-high total in home runs for the third consecutive year. The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles...
On July 5, Yuriko Koike, the first female governor of Tokyo, won re-election by a wide margin. As widely reported, she received 3,661,371 votes, compared...
Second in a series Hideo Nomo possessed a famous stubbornness during his playing days. There were times when the power of persuasion had no chance with...
It might sound strange, but picture this. A boulder the shape of an apple with a big bite taken out of it stands in...
Feature Photo: Katsushika Hokusai, “Under the Wave off Kanagawa” from the series The Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, circa 1830-1832, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York...
On July 9, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison reminded Japan and the world that the abductions by North Korea are a human rights matter, and...
Photo Credit: Spring Rainbow, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Private Collection It’s no secret that one thing Japan is famous for abroad is its culinary culture and...