Culture
Hiyori Kon Meets Matt Kay: The Making of ‘Little Miss Sumo’
“What I try to do, is create films that will foster change in themselves, or at the very least […]
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.
Special Reports
Fuji TV Exclusive: How An Aspiring Vietnamese Actress Became One of Kim Jong Nam’s Assassins
On February 13, 2017, a crime shocked the world. Kim Jong Nam, the oldest brother of the supreme leader […]
Culture
Director Yamada Yoji Bids Goodbye to Tokyo’s Famous Wanderer in ‘Okaeri Tora-san’
Christmas doesn’t have the same relevance in Japan compared to many other countries, but New Year’s celebration comes cl
This is What Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality Will Make Tokyo Trains Look Like Beyond 2020
Japan is renowned as one of the most advanced countries in the world for railway technology. After all, how […]
Culture
DANCE TRUCK TOKYO: Making Performance Art Available to Everyone
We are standing in Adachi, Tokyo, in a space normally used as a parking lot of a large fish […]
Culture
Papal Visit Highlights Japan’s Diverse Catholic Community
When Pope Francis administered Mass to an adoring crowd at Tokyo Dome on November 25, the diversity of […]
Culture
World-Famous Manga Artists Share Why They Keep Coming Back to Tokyo Comic Con
The three-day Tokyo Comic Con 2019 wrapped up on Sunday, November 24, and guess who, beside the fans and […]
Economy & Tech
Japan’s Railway Technology Trade Show Gathers Best Know-how From All Over the World
The 6th “Mass-Trans Innovation Japan 2019,” the largest and only comprehensive trade show specializing in railway tec
Politics & Security
Nuclear Weapons a Crime Against People and the Planet — Pope Francis in Japan
“Peace and international stability are incompatible with attempts to build upon the fear of mutual destruction or th
Special Reports
Pope in Japan 2019: In Tokyo, Meetings with Earthquake Survivors, Emperor Naruhito, Changing Catholic Community
If Pope Francis’s visit to Nagasaki and Hiroshima touches on the theme of Japan’s past, his trip to Tokyo […]
Culture
‘Tadaima!’: Marvel, Pop Culture Celebs at Home at Tokyo Comic Con 2019
Unfazed by the suddenly cold and damp weather in Japan’s capital on Friday, November 22, VIPs and thousands of [&helli
Economy & Tech
4 Things to Look for at Tokyo Comic Con 2019
Fans of technology, manga, animé, and pop culture, do I have news for you: it’s Comic Con time. […]