History is like a series of buoys marking the way through a vast ocean. The buoys are events, facts, things as they really happened in...
(First of a 3-Part Series) In 1965, Japan and South Korea normalized their diplomatic relations. Japan paid South Korea $ 300 million with no strings attached...
©Shochiku Co., Ltd. There may be some people who believe that there are still samurai and ninjas in Japan. That is no...
Looking forward into 2019 we can ask: what will the New Year bring Japan? Domestically, a new emperor will ascend the throne with...
A climactic battle is coming for rescuing Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea. In the first ever United States-North Korea summit in June 2018,...
On a cold afternoon in late December, JAPAN Forward visited the home and studio of Shoko Kanazawa, a world-famous calligrapher based in Kugahara, on the...
The revival of the tatara method of traditional steel production has begun! A new era in traditional Japanese steel (watetsu) manufacturing has been established...
The powerful voices of the victims of North Korea’s four decades of human rights abuses rang clearly in Iino Hall in Kasumigaseki, Tokyo, on Saturday,...
It was not long before Chinese public security took into custody two Canadians active in China, in apparent retaliation for the arrest of Meng Wanzhou,...
Kitcho, a restaurant representing the pinnacle of Japanese kaiseki cuisine, is a name familiar to any Japanese food connoisseur. Teiichi Yuki, the restaurant’s founder,...
I bet you won’t guess the shapes that the lights make at the Oi Racecourse this Christmas! In Tokyo’s Shinagawa ward, the Oi Racecourse...
The Japanese government endorsed new National Defense Program Guidelines in a Cabinet meeting on December 18, outlining the basic concept of national defense alongside...