Minori Kawai (left) joins the surfers for a litter picking contest on Tsurigasaki surfing...

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JAPAN Forward was established in 2017.
Veteran journalist Yoshihisa Komori, The Sankei Shimbun’s associate correspondent in Washington, D.C.,...
Kanako, a maiko from Miyagawacho, Kyoto, does the ceremonial first pitch in Koshien...
On June 1, the organizing committee of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic...
CAPTION: Kunito Horii is surrounded by karihari (temporary pasting) mounds used to dry Hanging...
Maiko, or apprentice geisha, are one of the main attractions of the...
Family Mart recently opened a next-generation test store, which uses the latest...
JAPAN Forward, the news and opinion website showing “the real Japan” to the...
Imagine around 500 people, all wearing imperial kimonos from the Heian period,...
Japan has been slightly behind its competitors China and South Korea in the...
Three individuals who have worked tirelessly for the improved of understanding of countries...
Shared Fundamental Values Every spring, cherry blossom trees dotting the...