The Japanese government has started to ease its restraints on entry, exit, re-entry and return to Japan from particular countries and regions. Vietnam...
November 5 is “World Tsunami Awareness Day (WTAD)” ー a good time for each of us to share our determination to protect human life...
The vote-tallying process in the 2020 U.S. presidential election continues to be messy. While former vice president Joe Biden, the Democratic Party candidate, has...
Share prices in Tokyo are enjoying a boom. Investors impressed by the recent performance of Japan’s big corporations have been gradually moving more of their money...
The week starting November 9 marks the release of the next generation consoles by leading makers Microsoft and Sony. We got a jump on...
Japan’s airline companies, like those abroad, have suffered gravely because of the coronavirus pandemic. All Nippon Airways Holdings Inc. (ANAHD), owner of All Nippon Airways...
Even in Tokyo — a gigantic, densely populated, modern technological center — the COVID-19 pandemic has popularized telework beyond expectations and caused people to rediscover their...
Rikkoshi-no-rei, the last ceremony in the gateway to the Reiwa Era, took place on November 8, marking crown prince Akishino as the official successor to...
Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long and different types of reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches...
Part 7 of a series marking the artist’s 260th anniversary Other parts of the series: Introduction to a series on one of Japan’s artistic icons, Hokusai...
A giant forefinger points down, as if fixing on one point in a vacant lot that was once the center of a bustling town. Bold...
Lee Kun-hee, chairman of South Korea’s largest conglomerate Samsung Group, died on October 25 aged 78. He was a strong leader and visionary who...