• Politics & Security

INTERVIEW | Thomas Cynkin on What Shinzo Abe’s Successor Should Know About Diplomacy

Yoshinari Kurose September 5, 2020

    Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on August 28 that he would depart...

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• Economy & Tech
• Politics & Security

Japan Targets to Export More Ships, Revive Global Market Share

Mizuki Okada September 5, 2020

    Japan’s 2020 action plan for infrastructure-related exports was revealed in early July,...

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• Photography

[A Photographer’s Notes] Enoshima: A Great Day Trip from Tokyo

Jason Halayko September 4, 2020

    So you have done just about all you can think of in...

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• Special Coverage

[SOCIAL WIRE] World Leaders Send Well Wishes as Shinzo Abe Health Forces PM to Step Down

Galileo Ferrari September 4, 2020

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had struggled with exhaustion for weeks as Japanese media speculated...

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• Culture
• Hidden Wonders

[Hidden Wonders of Japan] Enjoy 30,000 Goldfish in a Dreamy Art Aquarium

JAPAN Forward September 4, 2020

You might have figured this out by now, but one of the particularities of...

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• Politics & Security

For Economic Reasons, the World Needs Japan to Build on Abe’s Achievements

Duncan Bartlett September 4, 2020

Within the world of global finance, there is a high degree of interest in...

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• Editorials
• Politics & Security

EDITORIAL | Why Host Confucius Institutes, Communist-Funded Propaganda Tools?

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun September 4, 2020

    The United States government has begun to tighten surveillance of Confucius Institutes...

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• Special Coverage
• Sports

[Kosei Inoue’s Judo Story] The Responsibility that Comes with Winning

Mitsuru Tanaka September 4, 2020

  Part 8 of 14 parts   The Sankei Shimbun and JAPAN Forward wanted...

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• Culture

Toshimaen Amusement Park: Yet Another Bit of Classic Tokyo Disappears

Earl Kinmonth September 4, 2020

    On Monday, August 31, Toshimaen, a “retro amusement park” in Tokyo, ended...

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• Automobiles
• Economy & Tech

Japan’s New Electric Vehicle Models Offer Alternative Ways of Using Cars

Yoshitake Imamura September 3, 2020

  Honda Motor Company will introduce its new electric vehicle (EV) model in Japan...

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• Culture

[Corona ni Makeruna] Japanese NGO Needs Art Posters to Explain COVID-19 Risks to Refugees

Arielle Busetto September 3, 2020

  There has been extensive coverage in the past months of how coronavirus lockdowns...

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• Culture

Foreign Teachers Speak Up: COVID-19 and the English Education Industry in Japan

Mo Stone September 3, 2020

    Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rise of unemployment, particularly...

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