The waitress balances two ice cream cones in metal holders and hands them over. “Shadow Queen” is purple and tastes of berries with a hint...
Tokyo Game Show (TGS) 2020 kicked off on the evening of Thursday September 24, at 8 P.M. JST. An annual event that normally takes place...
On September 16, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced the prices of its much-anticipated PlayStation 5. Its two consoles are set to start official sales on November 12....
Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to a...
Surely you know about the Nobel Prize, but do you know about the Ig Nobel Prize? Hosted by U.S. outfit, The Annals of Improbable Research,...
It’s a match made in heaven. Dumpling skins, browned from the pan, and brimming with succulent juices and crisp vegetables. Utterly irresistible. Long a regional speciality,...
The Japanese comfort women program has become a dominant symbol of an era encompassing the Asia-Pacific War. Koreans have aggressively highlighted the issue by having...
Soup curry is a Hokkaido favorite. But reports that Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga lost 14 kilo by eating “a morning soup curry diet” has...
At first glance it may not be immediately obvious that there is a relationship between what is happening in the world of kimono and COVID-19....
The COVID-19 epidemic has nearly eliminated foreign tourists from Japan. While this means economic loss for tourism oriented businesses and their workers, it also means...
For video game lovers around the world, it will come as no surprise that the Tokyo Game Show is still set to happen between September...
Suga’s China Challenge The new prime minister of Japan, Yoshihide Suga, takes office at a time of extraordinary geopolitical change. Although Suga has reiterated...