Reiwa - Beautiful Harmony in Japan is a 2-CD album with 20 songs and a bilingual lyrics card according to the language of the song.
Keiko Nakamura explains that Edo period samurai risked their lives to protect Hokkaido. That history could be lost if the propaganda is not addressed.
Tsuneyasu Takeda reports on the first goodwill visit of the Reiwa era by Japan's imperial couple, and the new style it brings to Indonesia-Japan relations.
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~Mishima’s “coup d'état” left a tremendous impact on the Japanese people~ 50 years ago, writer Tatsuro Dekune worked at a used bookstore in downtown...
Shoko Kanazawa, 34, a Japanese calligrapher who also happens to have Down Syndrome, decided that the kanji for the first New Year of the...
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The King’s Singers, also known as the kings of a capella, performed a special concert at St. Mary’s Tokyo Cathedral on Thursday, July 11, to...
Imagine around 500 people, all wearing imperial kimonos from the Heian period, parading down the streets of Kyoto. In the first such ceremony of...
Reiwa, the era name or gengo for the reign of Japan’s new Emperor Naruhito, was taken from Japan’s oldest poetry collection, the Manyoshu (Record of...
Dear Megumi, How are you doing? Here, the warmth of spring has spread across Japan and your favorite flowers are blooming beautifully. Do...