By Akashi Ikeda An aquarium in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, saw its number of visitors skyrocket in June. Most were clamoring to...
Tokyo - Arielle Busetto Video game aficionados are flocking to Japan again, from September 20 to 23, for the grandest and their...
For adrenaline junkies it can be a bit stifling at times to live in city like Tokyo — there is no parachuting or mountain gliding...
Fall is all about hearty, cosy food. Get ready to see a deluge of snacks and beverages in Japan based around pumpkin, sweet potato and...
By June Teufel Dreyer Perhaps no issue in the history of post-World War II Japanese relations with Korea and China has been more...
Paul Martin for JAPAN Forward The city of Yasugi has a long history with Japanese steel. Hitachi Metalworks — co-sponsors of the...
By Robert Morton This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration. This was the culmination, and the beginning, of a long process...
With temperatures cooling down and summer drawing to a close, are you finding yourself engulfed by the back-to-work September blues? Are you wishing you could bring...
By The Sankei Shimbun Daimaru Umeda opened a pop-up shop of the women’s adult toy brand Iroha for the first time on...
Galileo Ferrari - Tokyo Stephen Curry crossed the Pacific Ocean for his fourth summer tour in Asia, finishing up his seven-day,...
The much-loved Hello Kitty finally has her own channel! The popular Sanrio character, who has dabbled in a broad range of...
By The Sankei Shimbun Claiming “technical errors,” The Asahi Shimbun has made inaccessible two articles in English from August 2014, it was...