“Online abuse is a crime. I want people to think carefully before they post an abusive comment,” said the mother of Hana Kimura, whose apparent suicide...
The upbeat tendency for the book market is also due to the fact that people are spending more time at home due to restrictions under COVID...
As academics, we are used to dealing with exaggerations. We are not used to finding that the story is pure fiction. But that is the nature...
Both maps in question clearly show the demarcation line for Japanese sovereignty lying between the Senkakus and Taiwan. “The maps reflect the most up-to-date information the...
In the year of the coronavirus, more than one sixth of the entire Japanese population went to the cinema to watch Demon Slayer. They clearly did...
‘What Japan can most beautifully offer to the world right now is not the futurism its technology and big companies often represent, but its closeness to...
The history of the naked festival dates back to the Muromachi period (about the mid-1330s to mid-1570s). On the Lunar New Year, the temple would hold...
‘An analytical approach to Japan feels to me like trying to eat noodles with a knife and fork. What I look for in foreign writing about...
Lamentable though the disruptions of 2020 have been, they’ve given us a once-in-a-lifetime chance for rejuvenation. Let’s not squander it. If I may suggest a word...
The Takeshima islets of Shimane Prefecture were illegally seized and are currently occupied by South Korea. The United States’ aeronautical charts recognize Takeshima as part of...
Autumn Light and A Beginner’s Guide to Japan ‘could be said to represent heart and head, the part of us that is inside Japan and the...
‘I choose to live in Japan as a tourist partly to keep myself honest…. Being a tourist here reminds me that I don’t know very much,...