Tokyo’s cherry blossoms are in full bloom, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced on March 27 from the Yasukuni Shrine in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. So...
With the attention of the entire Japan and a wider international audience already turned to the Chief Cabinet Secretary announcing the name of the new...
Reiwa, the name of Japan’s new imperial era, is the first to be chosen from a traditional work of Japanese poetry. The era name...
On March 20, the Kansai Tourism Bureau published a video produced and directed by Yuki Eikawa about the charisma of Kansai Prefecture. Kansai...
Google Japan paid tribute to the inventor of the tenji block, Seiichi Miyake, on March 18. It seems a good time to reflect on this...
Top Photo Source: Osamu Sasaki In a small city in Japan, on a cold morning with no wind between October and April, you might...
It is often said that the strongest of friendships are forged during the hardest of times. Sometimes strength can come from tragedy, as it did...
Kyoto has a global reputation as the heart of traditional Japanese culture. What has allowed to be progressive even while preserving its character as a...
Popular Japanese fashion retailer UNIQLO has built of quite a reputation among movie and video game fans with their UT shirt designs, and their latest...
When I flew home to Italy for the Christmas holidays, I had a friend ask me: “You’re Japanese, right? Have you seen the new Marie...
On March 11, 2011, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake shook Japan off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, triggering a massive tsunami which devastated the Japanese mainland...
Taiko folk music band DRUM TAO is a hot topic these days. From April, the band will have a permanent performance spot in Tokyo’s Yurakucho...
