By Hideo Tamura Ten years have passed since the spectacular Lehman Shock sent shivers throughout the world. Caused by financial services firm Lehman...
By June Teufel Dreyer Perhaps no issue in the history of post-World War II Japanese relations with Korea and China has been more...
By Monika Chansoria Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a pitch for normalizing the Sino-Japanese relationship during an interview with The Sankei Shimbun in...
Paul Martin for JAPAN Forward The city of Yasugi has a long history with Japanese steel. Hitachi Metalworks — co-sponsors of the...
By Robert Morton This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration. This was the culmination, and the beginning, of a long process...
(Conclusion) Part 1: Former Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian Re-emerges, Pushes for Referendum on China By Akio Yaita “Simply behaving like...
(Part 1 of 2) By Akio Yaita Chen Shui-bian, Taiwan’s former president who stepped down in 2008, is on medical parole...
By The Sankei Shimbun Japan's first female fighter pilot was appointed to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) on August 23. She...
By JAPAN Forward Naomi Osaka, the new tennis wonder child, flew into Tokyo’s Haneda Airport from Los Angeles on Thursday, September...
By The Sankei Shimbun Daimaru Umeda opened a pop-up shop of the women’s adult toy brand Iroha for the first time on...
By Takao Harakawa Concerns over the rising deficit and near-doubling of foreigners covered by Japan’s lauded National Health Insurance program — the...
By The Sankei Shimbun The Japanese government plans to develop and produce micro radar satellites in an attempt to step up monitoring...