In the two decades I taught my course “Japan in the Foreign Imagination” at Keio and other Japanese universities, I came to stress that most...
It saddens us deeply to report the death of Shigeru Yokota on June 5. He was 87. Yokota was the father of Megumi...
The Japanese national broadcasting network NHK announced on June 3 that Earwig and The Witch, a new film made in collaboration with the popular animation production...
The recent appointment of Tokiko Shimizu as executive director of Japan’s Central Bank has made headlines around the world. A degree in urban engineering,...
On May 20, when a ceremony was held for Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to enter her second term, the United States announced the sale...
The matcha parfait is a piece of art, and Japan’s dessert masters continue to push the art form to new heights. Sometimes literally, like the dizzyingly...
On June 4 the world marked the 31st anniversary of the infamous Tiananmen Massacre in which the Chinese government employed lethal military force to crack...
The non-transparency of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the non-effectiveness of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in their response to the coronavirus pandemic...
One need not be a cynic to think the Japanese government’s preferred approach to problems is to ignore them, while hoping they go away...
Eintracht Frankfurt’s Makoto Hasebe appeared in his 309th soccer match in the German Bundesliga on Saturday, breaking the record for most matches in the league...
Rui Hachimura and the Washington Wizards are returning to competition this summer after NBA owners approved a plan to relaunch the season on July...
It’s official: Japan’s most popular rock music festival, which was scheduled for August 2020 at Naeba Ski Resort in Niigata, will not be taking place due...