A visit to Takashima In Takashima, an island located three kilometers off Karatsu City in Saga Prefecture, there is a place called “Hoto Shrine,”...
A small-scale Gold mine in southwestern Ghana. The picture taken by assistant professor Hirokazu Ozaki of the Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology. Japanese non-profit organizations and...
Galileo Ferrari - Tokyo Team Japan performed remarkably well, and rewrote pages of history, during the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games, despite the distractions posed...
The PyeongChang Winter Olympics came to a close on February 25. Let’s review the lessons of these games as we look forward to the Tokyo Olympics...
Snow piling up on Jodogahama Beach at Miyako, Iwate Prefecture. Before dawn, innumerable stars sparkle in the eastern sky. (Photography by Masazumi Ohnishi, Sankei Shimbun Photojournalism Department)...
On February 18, Nao Kodaira won the gold medal in the women’s 500-meter speed skating event at the PyeongChang Olympics. Of course, Kodaira’s new Olympic...
On Saturday, February 17, the 9th day of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, 23-year-old Yuzuru Hanyu placed first in the men's figure skating competition,...
I felt the temperature drop suddenly once the sun set at the lake. My fingertips hurt. A fine layer of ice was beginning to form...
On February 9th, Japan’s Imperial Household Agency announced that the wedding of Princess Mako of Akishino, to her classmate Kei Komuro, which was announced last...
A scene from the theater play on North Korean abduction. The Invitation-only Zone: The True Story of North Korea’s Abduction Project By Robert Boyton...
On Wednesday night, January 31st, Japan, like its neighbors, was treated to a total lunar eclipse—an event where the Earth’s shadow passes over a...
A gray sky hangs low over Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture. Powder snow mixes with the blustery wind. After the wind stops, the sound...