A documentary about the terror of the 1995 sarin gas attack in Tokyo has been crafted into a masterful exploration of the influence of powerful, mind-controlling...
Life is not easy here. It never has been and never will be. The courage is humbling. What is COVID-19 when you’ve been through 3.11?
“What has the disaster taken from people?” asked photographer Shoko Hashimoto. “What effect will it have on their daily lives, their values and inner selves?”
A powerful story emerges as the Nikkei 225 index rises above 30,000. It can be summarized as “Japan is back.”
In the Japanese idiom, ‘the season of politics had given way to ‘the season of economics.’ The political watchwords of 1960s Prime Minister Hayato Ikedawere ‘tolerance...
In the year of the coronavirus, more than one sixth of the entire Japanese population went to the cinema to watch Demon Slayer. They clearly did...
~Among the 53 largest economies, Japan ranks second in Bloomberg’s COVID Resilience Ranking, just narrowly behind the leader, New Zealand~ Which is the best...
~Human life is limited, but I want to live forever~ Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition...
Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long and different types of reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches...
How long will it take before Japan looks back on the Trump presidency with nostalgia? It may happen sooner than you think. If...
“Miyazaki and I… were first shown clips from Fantasia 2000, which was then in production. Asked what he thought of the film so far, Miyazaki...
The best science fiction is never about the future, but the present. One Love Chigusa, the latest offering from British publisher Red Circle, is...
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