The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), to which Chinese President Xi Jinping is committed, would not only expand China’s economic interests and political influence globally,...
The commendation ceremony of the 28th Annual Grand Prize for the Global Environment Awards, attended by Crown Prince and Crown Princess Akishino (background), was held on...
A recent booklet titled MIYOGAWARI takes on the range of rituals marking the changing of Japan’s era from Heisei to Reiwa. It aims to explain...
South Korean media have been promoting a photograph of a man working in a coal mine, alleging it shows a Korean conscripted to work under...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave an exclusive interview to The Sankei Shimbun on the first day of the Reiwa era (May 1), in which he...
There was amazement in London when Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson was summoned to Number Ten Downing Street and asked to resign by Prime Minister Theresa...
Very few people are not aware of Leo Tolstoy, the genius Russian writer. His works are published in many foreign languages. Indeed, more than...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed his wishes for an early summit between Japan and North Korea to move towards the resolution of the decades-old...
On March 31, I and my older son took a day trip on the Paleo Express, a steam train operated by the Chichibu Railroad between...
I arrived in Japan in the summer of 1990, otherwise known as Heisei 2 nen, intending to be here one year. Twenty-nine years later, I remain...
Osaka Metro Southern Harbor Port Town Line ‘Neutram’ trains are lined up in the Nakafuto railyard, Suminoe District, Osaka City. (Photo by Kenji Suzuki; Canon EOS...
On Tuesday, April 30, between 5 P.M. and 5.12 P.M., Japanese Emperor Akihito abdicated the Chrysanthemum Throne, paving the way for the enthronement of Crown...