On November 13, Princess Mako, the eldest daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, released a statement through the Imperial Household Agency reaffirming her...
“Atypical” is typical during the days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like every country, Japan is growing accustomed to peculiar policies and awkward workarounds as commerce and...
Celebrated kabuki actor Sakata Tojuro IV, a living national treasure and winner of numerous cultural awards, and the driving force behind a revival of the...
An editorial of The Sankei Shimbun presented in English by JAPAN Forward: ~It is highly regrettable that we became embroiled in debate about making it easy...
~The spacecraft is called Resilience, symbolizing the power to recover from adversity. ~ With astronaut Soichi Noguchi as the first Japanese on board, the new...
JAPAN Forward is pleased to present an interview with Shawn Mahler: Coming to Japan, Staying in Japan People come to Japan for a host...
Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to a...
Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to a...
Gymnast Kohei Uchimura's recent testing ordeal illustrates the fluidity of life during the global pandemic. Day-to-day uncertainties are a big part of what people...
In this second of two installments, we will discuss the Residence Track immigration scheme. Japan is relaxing travel restrictions further for Japanese residents and foreigners...
The number of COVID-19 infections in Japan (positive tests) exceeded 100,000 on October 29. At a glance, this may seem like a very large...
Japan is relaxing travel restrictions further for Japanese residents and foreigners with resident status in Japan who, until now, had to jump through several...