The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread worldwide, and Shota Katagiri, a Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer (JOCV) of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), is...
I had my first taste of Japan in 2011 when I moved to Fukuoka, Kyushu, to work as an eikaiwa (English conversation) teacher. And...
Japan’s oldest ocean liner, Hikawa Maru (Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, NYK Line), which moors at Yamashita Park in Yokohama City, marked her 90th anniversary on...
As questions hound the Chinese leadership at home and abroad over the origin, outbreak, and failure to contain the virus, Xi Jinping’s foremost challenge...
This is the debut of the Japan Sports Notebook, a weekly column for JAPAN Forward. Time away from the day-to-day grind of high-pressure...
In a popular movie two decades ago, hard-eyed criminals released into Sydney a woman infected with a virus, knowing that unsuspecting Australians would catch the...
China’s overambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) (一带一路) is likely to hit a major financial roadblock. The Wuhan virus that has brought the entire world...
Called “the superlative vocal sextet” by the British daily the Times, the six-member all male acapella group “The King’s Singers” was scheduled to be touring...
Fourth-division sandanme division wrestler Shobushi, who had been battling the coronavirus since April, passed away on Wednesday, May 13. He was 28. The Takadagawa...
Why not add a little practical beauty to this worldwide fight against the novel coronavirus? Some countries are just now passing their peak; others...
After weeks of no competition, the German Bundesliga returns on Saturday. Yuya Osako, Makoto Hasebe, Daichi Kamada and the rest of the league’s players...
For the coming three weeks I will report once in a while on what I witness as I travel Japan by bicycle from Kyushu to...