The following was originally published in Seiron, Sankei Shimbun: I have long questioned the wisdom of intellectuals who view the status quo and future of...
Setsubun, or the "bean-throwing festival" is Friday, February 3, the day preceding "risshun" which is the first day of spring according to the old lunar Japanese...
Pictured: This blade is an utsushi-mono by the master swordsmith Ono Yoshimitsu of an 800-year-old blade called Yamatorige. It is an illustration of the continuity of...
Silence, written more than 50 years ago, was a major novel written by my father, Shusaku Endo. In the 17th century, Jesuit missionaries make their way...
The Japanese APA Group, which runs the APA Hotel chain, is under heavy pressure after the hotel group placed books in its guest rooms questioning the...
On 24th May, 2016, the fourth symposium held by the Japanese Civilization Institute took place at Japan University of Economics in Shibuya, Tokyo. Mr. Katsuhiko Kitamoto,...
Most developed countries with relatively high fertility rates around replacement level (2.1 children per women), like France or the Nordic countries, have a comprehensive mix of...
Japan’s population decline is accelerating. Preliminary figures indicate the number of births last year will be less than one million, a sure sign that the declining...
“I’d really like to do Silence right now… it’s been on my mind since 1990… it’s going to be tricky to deal with the persecution, to...
On the occasion of his acceptance of the Praemium Imperiale prize, awarded annually by the Japan Art Association with honorary patron H.I.E. Prince Hitachi, the Sankei...
A few years ago when I visited my aunt’s house on Lake Yamanaka in the shadow of Mount Fuji, she gave me antique beer stein that...
DATELINE: YOKOHAMA, Japan The ‘Spirit of Zico’ banner hung high and proud over the pitch at Nissan Stadium on Sunday night, and Kashima Antlers certainly...