March 3rd is Hinamatsuri, the doll festival, a special day to pray for the growth and happiness of young girls. Many places throughout Japan will...
Setsubun, or the "bean-throwing festival" is Friday, February 3, the day preceding "risshun" which is the first day of spring according to the old lunar Japanese...
U.S. President Barack Obama's speech after Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's address at Pearl Harbor; Prime Minister Abe, on behalf of the American people, thank...
The Power of Reconciliation Address by Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan December 27, 2016, Pearl Harbor President Obama, Commander Harris, ladies and gentlemen, and...
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been approved in the Japanese Diet. Japan, which aimed to make expanded free trade and the avoidance of protectionism cornerstones of...
“Japanese culture has had a significant impact on me” - Martin Scorsese, American Theater & Film Director The Praemium Imperiale, a global arts prize (sponsored by...
The Seoul Central District Court, led by the Presiding Judge Lee Dong-Keun, on Thursday, December 17th, 2015, handed down a not-guilty ruling for Tatsuya Kato, a...