I have written on this subject time and again, but the phrase “Military Comfort Women” was coined long after the war ended. This terminology has...
When the defense counsel for former Nissan Motor Co. chairman Carlos Ghosn filed with the Tokyo District Court a bail request on April 4, 2019,...
A working committee of the Japanese government’s Central Disaster Management Council, chaired by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, released a report on March 31 on the...
What do you dream when you think of the beach? Is it of the white sands shining like tiny crystals in the summer sun, and...
“Locals of Tottori Prefecture are eating pink curry.” This is the rumor that’s been going around, especially in Thailand. It all started from a...
A poll conducted by The Sankei Shimbun disclosed on March 10 that about 80% of the heads of the cities, towns, and villages in the...
Veggie-packed nutritious dishes at Ponopono Place’s children’s canteen. Some mothers are delighted that “here, kids eat vegetables that they don’t usually eat.” (On January 29,...
The Japanese government will move in March to bolster the nation’s reserves of rare earth elements and other rare metals, The Sankei Shimbun learned on March...
Japan’s National Security Secretariat (NSS) has been tasked to ramp up the country’s fight against infectious diseases amid the extensive spread of the novel coronavirus, The...
It was March 3 at Awashima Shrine, just off the coast in Wakayama Prefecture. Hundreds of delicate female-shaped dolls, in typical Heian costume, were hoisted...
“Did any newspapers write an editorial saying we need to come together and overcome this crisis?” This is how journalist Yoshiko Sakurai questioned media...
The governments of Japan and China are considering delaying Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Japan, which had been tentatively scheduled for early April, Sankei...