In a time of COVID-19, when many feel helpless towards the invisible enemy, it can be tempting to just throw caution to the winds....
“How is Japan handling the coronavirus?” That was the question my friends here in the United States asked me over the past month, and I...
A feature article reporting on sexual violence against women perpetrated by Korean soldiers during the Vietnam War, released by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)...
Have you heard of Lifestyle Researchers? As the name suggests, their work involves researching and reporting on lifestyles around the world. 600 Japanese women living...
At the end of February, the biggest kimono exhibition to be held outside Japan opened at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Kimono: From...
This video has gone viral — the safe and good type of viral. In less than three weeks, Gen Hoshino — singer, songwriter, actor,...
As the invisible threat of COVID-19 becomes ever more real, Japan seems to be finally falling victim to the virus. No doubt many find themselves...
Ever since I saw them in my older brother’s snowboard and skateboard magazines, I have been interested in the art of sequence photos. Normally, a...
Photo Credit: @ringoro119 As of March 2020, more and more companies across Japan are asking their employees to either change the time they commute to work or...
Although the weather is still chilly, my friends drove away, one after another, to their lakeside vacation homes in another prefecture, their station wagons loaded...
The owners of the Tin Toy Museum in Yamate, Yokohama, keep a big friendly Ukrainian Shepherd Dog. He likes to lie like a rug in...
I have written on this subject time and again, but the phrase “Military Comfort Women” was coined long after the war ended. This terminology has...