June has arrived, and along with it an unusually early rainy season comes knocking at the door. Muggy days, alternating between scorching sunshine and...
Debate seems to be the operating word for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and this was further confirmed on Wednesday, June 10. The...
In a curious move aimed at minimizing the potential for COVID-19 cases, Nippon Professional Baseball announced on Wednesday evening that extra-inning games will be limited...
A slogan which many have been sharing in Japan on SNS and mainstream media is “Corona ni makeruna!” It roughly translates as “Don’t let yourself...
Ian Bremmer (Photo by Richard Jopson, ©Eurasia Group) COVID-19 has brought into sharp focus how anything we take for granted might need to be...
In this instalment of the series, I cycle from the onsen town of Beppu to the atomic bomb dome in Hiroshima. Beppu is fantastic!!...
The recent clashes along the Sino-Indian border point to a new era in the ties between India and China. While the two nations had...
We are almost at the beginning of the yukata season. One of the joys of the Japanese summer for me is seeing all the people...
To overcome the global pandemic, it is imperative for the international community to swiftly develop vaccines and drug treatments for COVID-19, and make them freely...
I distinctly remember feeling a chill of horror. I had never experienced anything like it in my 30 years of being a reporter. ...
I have been living in Japan for the past 15 years, and throughout that time action sports photography (starting with freestyle motocross in 2006) has...
In the past decade, soccer fans witnessed Nadeshiko Japan’s stellar achievements on the global stage. Despite the Japan women’s national team’s many accomplishments,...