It’s been happening since 2014: every last weekend of June, in the Republic of San Marino—a country of less than 34,000 people in southern Europe—Japanese...
By Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard 323 pages Henry Holt & Co.: New York, 2016 Jason Morgan, for JAPAN Forward ...
Noritoshi Kanai was 41 when he arrived in Los Angeles, California, with his family of four in 1964. He had come to take a job as...
Before the implementation of the Gregorian calendar the Japanese used the lunisolar calendar. It wasn’t until the January 1, 1873 (Meiji 6), that Japan adopted the...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe receives a letter of South Korean President Moon Jae-in from his special envoy Moon Hee-sang (left) on May 18th at Tokyo In...
Princess Mako on the right with her parents Prince and Princess Akishino at an exhibition of London's Natural History Museum in Tokyo, May 22, 2017. ...
Princess Mako on the left with her mother, Princess Kiko Princess Mako, the eldest daughter of Prince Fumihito (Akishinonomiya) and his wife, Princess Kiko, is...
"The Apology Monument" became a memorial monument (photo taken from a new book Removing My Father’s Apology) On May 11th, it was revealed that the son...
These days, the word "bonsai" is getting more and more popular among foreigners. Recently there was "The 8th World Bonsai Convention" in Saitama City, and so...
Rescued after being orphaned, a wild brown bear cub has been successfully raised by a captive “foster mother” bear alongside her own offspring. The baby bear...
Why are there so many colorful carp flags all over Japan at this time of the year? Because May 5 is a special day...
By the end of March, just as the cherry trees started to bloom, a popular cat known as the face of the local shopping district in...