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...
What do you dream when you think of the beach? Is it of the white sands shining like tiny crystals in the summer sun, and...
The Last Whale Hunters, Directed by Bon Ishikawa Bon Ishikawa’s latest documentary, Kujira Bito (The Last Whale Hunters) depicts a secluded village off the coast of Indonesia...
In an English palace, a Japanese embroidered tapestry lies in obscurity. With an array of chrysanthemums elaborately embroidered on its entirety, this enormous tapestry —...
On March 3, the High Court gave me a perfect victory in a libel case brought against me by former Asahi Shimbun newspaper reporter Takashi...
“Locals of Tottori Prefecture are eating pink curry.” This is the rumor that’s been going around, especially in Thailand. It all started from a...