I live near one of the top five sightseeing spots in Kyoto. For the last 10 years or so, when I go out during the day,...
More than 440 passengers disembarked the Diamond Princess cruise ship at Yokohama Bay on Wednesday, February 19, after they tested negative of the novel...
After the 1894-1895 Sino-Japanese War, then-German Emperor Wilhelm II (1859-1941) trumpeted the racist ideology of “Yellow Peril,” sounding an alarm across Europe. He fomented fear by...
Tokyo is canceling several major events in the next few weeks, as China’s novel coronavirus contagion spreads to Japan and more than 20 other countries....
More than 10 years have passed since the 2009 premiere of the Oscar-winning film The Cove, which is critical of the small cetacean fisheries (commonly...
The number of people confirmed with the novel coronavirus has been increasing daily around the world. More than 60,000 cases have been confirmed, and 1,370...
Kayoko Arimoto, 94, died on February 3 without being reunited with her daughter, Keiko Arimoto, who was abducted by North Korea 40 years ago...
The number of people confirmed to be infected with the novel coronavirus that broke out in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, exceeded 37,000 in China as...
“Long live the great, glorious and correct Communist Party of China!” These words of former Chairman Mao Zedong are often found on the walls of government...
I have sided with China and North Korea in the past. I was staying at the Friendship Hotel when I taught in Beijing, then suffering...
A novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic originating from the central Chinese city of Wuhan is spreading fast. As the epidemic has expanded within China, multiple cities...
We are in the middle of earthquake season now. Yes, there is such a season. At least that is what I call it. Some of...