More than 100 scholars of Japan have signed as of October 20 a statement to oppose a joint application filed by various groups from eight...
The awards ceremony for the so-called “Nobel Prize of Arts”—the 29th Præmium Imperiale International Arts Award in honor of Prince Takamatsu—was held on Wednesday, October...
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched the Michibiki-4 (QSZ-4) satellite aboard an H-IIA rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture at 7:01 a.m....
Just three days after the city council of San Francisco in California, the United States, allowed a statue depicting South Korean war comfort women be...
Akiko Macdonald (center) was treated as VIP and escorted by the armed local police officers Places where battles took place always have sad stories...
“If the city of San Francisco [in California] accepts the donated comfort women statue, then the sister city agreement will be dissolved.” Osaka Mayor Hirofumi...
The International Advisory Committee (IAC) of UNESCO adopted the final report on the review process of the Memory of the World Programme (MOW) in August....
Galileo Ferrari – Tokyo Creative cosplay shared the spotlight at the Tokyo Game Show 2017 on its third day Saturday, September 23, when...
The long-awaited Tokyo Game Show 2017 opened on Thursday, September 21, at Makuhari Messe, with gaming companies making several important and exclusive announcements to the press...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday, September 20, that countries need to unite to enforce sanctions and apply pressure on North Korea to...
Dear Megumi, In Japan, we are blessed with beautiful autumn skies, and the cosmos flowers are blooming. Our home in Niigata had beautiful cosmos,...
I first visited Liu Xiaobo’s home in West Beijing in May 2008. Under the dim lights in his small living room, he answered my question...
