Yukihiro Watanabe
Kabuki and sumo are two of Japan’s greatest cultural arts that give foreigners...
Sankei Shimbun
Toshio Numajiri, executive chef at The Westin Tokyo sat down with JAPAN...
Peter Tasker, Arcus Research
Charles Richardson's Ghost One fine September afternoon in 1862, six...
Earl Kinmonth
Numerous English language articles have claimed that Japan has “more pets than children,”...
Rupakjyoti Borah
With Narendra Modi having taken over the saddle of the prime minister...
Toshihiko Isao
(Part 7 of a Series on the Art of Kuniyoshi) Kuniyoshi...
JAPAN Forward asked Charles Jack, general manager of The Westin Tokyo, what...
June Teufel Dreyer
As explained in author Sheila A. Smith’s introduction of her new book,...
Jason Morgan, Reitaku University
Japan is famous, among many other things, for its exceptionally high literacy rate....
Foreign pundits and journalists occasionally invent stories about Japan. But more typically they...
Duncan Bartlett
The largest exhibition of manga ever held outside Japan has opened in...
Tsutomu Nishioka
The government of South Korean President Moon Jae In has been criticized as...
