Nodoka Okisawa, a 32-year-old Japanese woman from Aomori Prefecture, is the winner of the International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors, part of the Besançon International Music...
A symposium held in Geneva Switzerland on July 2 sought to set the record straight concerning allegations by South Korea that conscripted workers from the...
Renault and Fiat, two European automobile companies with 120 years of history and each having struggled through hard times, are back in the news as...
The red-colored holiday lights along the Champs-Elysees, designed to create a romantic atmosphere for couples, now evoke of the color of flames and blood....
The wife of former Interpol president Meng Hongwei agreed to be interviewed by The Sankei Shimbun on October 20 in Lyon, France, regarding her...
French actress Catherine Deneuve is set to receive the Japan Art Association’s annual Praemium Imperiale Award for Theather and Film on October 23. Starting...
By Mina Mitsui A Japanese cat ornament beloved by the artist Claude Monet (1840-1926) has returned to its home at Monet’s house in...
Valerie Niquet, visiting fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs in Tokyo and senior Asia expert at the Foundation for Strategic Research in France,...
On the 30th of October, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced the registration of a number of new items in its...