Have you ever heard of wanko soba? For those with a hefty appetite, this might just be the delicacy for you. Head to...
The Sankei Shimbun and JAPAN Forward recently caught up with Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, the winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, to...
A slogan which many have been sharing in Japan on SNS and mainstream media is “Corona ni makeruna!” It roughly translates as “Don’t let yourself...
All around the world countries are facing the challenge of balancing a safe return to normal without strangling the economy. Japan is no different. Japan’s...
On June 24, the exhibition “Timeless Conversations 2020: Voices from Japanese Art of the Past and Present” opened its doors to visitors at the National...
(Part two of a short series on Hello Work) Part 1: My Hello Work Diary: Filing for Unemployment in Japan Ah, unemployment insurance. The one...
Just over a year ago, on June 30, 2019, Japan withdrew from the International Whaling Commission (IWC). A day later, on July 1, the...
Japan’s announcement that it would quit the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and restart commercial whaling after a 31-year hiatus brought waves of criticism from anti-whaling...
Yuriko Koike, 67, garnering high marks from voters, won a second four-year term as governor of Tokyo in the election held Sunday, July 5....
Japan has lifted some of its restrictions on travel into and out of Japan which were imposed in order to guard against the spread of...
At least 23 people are presumed dead and 14 more missing as of Sunday, July 5, after torrential rains pounded Japan’s southern island of Kyushu the...
Bookmark is a new JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to...