Patrick Kelly Japan’s largest coral reef, the Sekisei Lagoon, is under extreme stress with only 1.4% now considered healthy according to a...
Patrick Kelly In the Seto Inland Sea, a large body of water separating Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu—three of Japan’s four main islands—lies the small...
If you spent any time scrolling through Netflix this weekend, you probably saw a new original animated series called Aggretsuko. The show is from...
Japan is perhaps best known for its cherry blossom season, which sees much of the country turn an eye-catching shade of pink. Tourists the...
Emojis have imbedded themselves in our smart phone-obsessed culture. The Emoji Movie may have received a less-than-stellar critical review (currently holding an impressively low 8%...
A new study indicates that the so-called “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” is 16 times bigger than previous estimates. This swirling collection of trash between...
Former United States President Barrack Obama referred to himself as “America’s first Pacific president.” At the same time, China has made its own more tangible...
America’s eight-year military intervention came to a rather ignominious end as the last United States combat forces withdrew from South Vietnam on March 29, 1973....
While traveling across northern Vietnam I kept seeing a particular store called Japanese Shop that primarily sold imported goods. Curious, I asked my friend, who...
The subject of war-time internment of ethnic Japanese in the United States became a hot topic in the halls of the U.S. Congress again recently. During...
Above: photo taken by Nheyob of a stained glass window depicting St. Patrick / Source: Wikimedia Commons Earlier this month, alongside a flurry of announcements...
Tokyo experienced its heaviest snowfall in four years in late January 2018. It brought travel chaos—halting train service in the megacity, while 250 international flights...
