Japan has lost a lot of ground to China these past 20 years. Japan’s roaring economy used to be the world’s second biggest, after her...
There’s never been a better time to give up cigarettes. I gave up smoking about eight years ago, and I often encourage other people...
In robot-loving Japan, automation is changing the landscape of everyday life. Robot shop clerks greet perusing customers, and automatons take latte orders. Lonely residents, on the other hand, are looking...
Near Hibiya, underneath Tokyo’s red brick arch with more than a century of history, businessmen and visitors alike are scheduled to welcome several modern-style restaurants...
(Cover photo by Domenico Squillace, Principal of Volta High School in Milan, Italy) Amid the chaos stirred by the new coronavirus crisis, The Betrothed (published...
In the world of action sports photography, being a photographer for Red Bull is one of the highest peaks in the industry. There are...
Many in South Korea blame the strain in relations between Korea and Japan on Japan’s alleged lack of contrition for its past. The current...
People in central Japan woke up on Sunday, March 29, to snow blanketing their areas — in springtime. It was the first time in...
The “Year of the Rat” has certainly gotten off to an inauspicious start, what with the COVID-19 pandemic, trade wars, a shaky global economy,...
In April 1918, a group of around 20 sumo wrestlers on tour in Taiwan became mysteriously ill, with some requiring hospitalization. Three died, including the highly...
Spring is slowly but surely sweeping across Japan. And every year it brings...well hay fever for the unlucky. But also FLOWERS! Tourists from all over the...
Japanese slapstick comedian, Ken Shimura, veteran in the entertainment industry, died of an illness caused by the novel coronavirus COVID-19 on Sunday March 29, his...