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Insights from Tatsuma Sakai, One of the World’s Biggest Ukiyo-e Collectors
Ukiyo-e has a very specific kind of aura to it. Because of its long history and beauty, it is […]
Author Archives for Arielle Busetto
Arielle Busetto is a journalist at JAPAN Forward. She has finished the intensive Japanese course of the Inter University Center For Advanced Japanese Studies in Yokohama in summer 2018, and is originally from Siena, Italy.
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‘Accessible Japan’: Disabled Blogger is Helping PWDs Enjoy Japan
Josh Grisdale is a Japanese citizen originally from a small town in Canada. He was in a wheelchair, but […]
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How Japanese Sake Got a Modern Makeover
“Sake Kasu Fizz.” “Hojicha Infused Whiskey.” What sounds like a bizarre mish-mash of different tastes is, in […]
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Wrestling Superstar Saori Yoshida Retires: ‘One Needs to Know When to Stop’
It is not often that an athlete has enough influence to gather approximately 200 journalists for a press […]
Press Freedom in Japan: When A Discussion Isn’t A Discussion
On November 30, 2018, The Japan Times published an article about a South Korean court ordering Mitsubishi Heavy Industries […]
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INTERVIEW | How Canadian Norm Nakamura Became the Yoshida Brothers’ Shamisen Apprentice
Norm Nakamura is arguably the most famous non-Japanese shamisen player in Japan, or even in the world. He […]
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ATSX Red Bull Crashed Ice Comes to Japan via Yokohama Championship
I know so little about extreme ice sports that when I heard about the event “Red Bull Crashed […]
Who is the Revisionist? Not the Journalist Who Called ‘Comfort Women’ Reports ‘Fabrication’
“I am not a revisionist,” Yoshiko Sakurai said calmly, despite the sudden rise in tension in the […]
Special Reports
Bashing and Blaming: How Junpei Yasuda Was ‘Welcomed’ After Release from Syria
When journalist Junpei Yasuda returned to Tokyo on October 25, observers worldwide who had been following his […]
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s**t kingz: This Japanese Dance Crew Wants the World to Sit Up and Watch
You might imagine my slight amazement when I found out that a comedy dance crew by […]
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Tokyo’s Ramen Fair Celebrates 10th Anniversary — with Steaming Bowls of Noodles, Of Course
Tokyo Ramen Show 2018 might sound like a gourmet Broadway musical. In reality, we are talking […]
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Samurai Artist Tetsuro Shimaguchi to Receive International Cultural Prize in Italy
The samurai artist Tetsuro Shimaguchi is set to receive the “Premio Consonanze: I Protagonisti della […]