China’s National Day, October 1, was not a cause for celebration among the Uyghurs, Mongolians and Tibetans who gathered in Tokyo to protest the Communist...
The story dates back to when the world spoke only one language. People built a city on the vast land and started erecting a gigantic...
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga delivered his first address to the U.N. General Assembly on September 26 (Japan time), in which he announced that Japan has...
A 19th century British map has been found that clearly defines the islets of Takeshima, (Okinoshima, Shimane Prefecture), as an integral part of Japan. The...
Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that introduces one overarching thought that branches off to a wide variety of themes. Our hope is for readers to...
Japanese film director Kiyoshi Kurosawa won the Best Director award for Wife of a Spy at the 77th Venice International Film Festival on Saturday, September...
How much are you willing to pay to eat your favorite shellfish? This was the question raised by one particular variety of clam from...
Late July reportedly marked the peak of the “second wave” of the novel coronavirus outbreak in Japan. Compared to the earlier state of emergency period,...
“A bolt out of the blue” refers to the unexpected shock of a thunderbolt followed by a piercing flash of lightning and hail falling from a...
It’s been a difficult time for high school events in this era of COVID-19. The national high school baseball tournament was canceled, schools were closed...
Those who died in a battle against Soviet troops in Japan’s far north after Japan’s surrender in World War II were honored in an...
The Chinese novelist Yang Yi (real name Liu Qiao) — so far the only non-Japanese national to ever win the prestigious Akutagawa Prize (2008)...
