News | JAPAN Forward - Part 819

Japan's Yui Kamiji after winning the women's wheelchair final match of the French Open tennis 004

TENNIS | Yui Kamiji, Momoko Ohtani Make History With Clash in French Open Wheelchair Final

Ed Odeven October 10, 2020

Updated on Monday, October 12. Yui Kamiji and Momoko Ohtani met in...

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[Bookmark] Architect Tadao Ando On Investing in the Future of Children Amid COVID-19

The Sankei Shimbun October 10, 2020

Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the...

Japan chef Tsutomu Ochiai

[Corona ni Makeruna] Meet the Top Chef who made Bento Boxes For Medical Workers During COVID-19

Masako Nagashima October 10, 2020

Restaurants have taken a heavy economic hit during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tokyo was...

Japan Quad Meeting

Mike Pompeo’s Plan for a Stronger, Larger Quad Suits the Conservative Governments of Britain and Japan

Duncan Bartlett October 9, 2020

From left to right, Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Japanese Foreign Minister...

Fukushima Suigun Line

[Hidden Wonders of Japan] Golden Fields and Train Lines: Fukushima One Year After Typhoon Hagibis

Mizuho Miyazaki October 9, 2020

The rice ears shine brightly in the autumn sunset. With the background of...

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Okuizumo Town Sells ‘Demon Slayer’-Like Black Sword to Promote Steelmaking

The Sankei Shimbun October 9, 2020

A Japanese sword resembling the style of the “Nichirin Blade,” a black sword...

Japan Tourism Asakusa Kaminarimon Go To Travel

Hygienic Japan is Where Most Tourists Want to Go After the Pandemic

JAPAN Forward October 9, 2020

Japan is the most popular international destination for tourism after the coronavirus pandemic...

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BOOK REVIEW | ‘Sharing a House with the Never Ending Man: 15 Years at Studio Ghibli’ by Steve Alpert

Peter Tasker, Arcus Research October 9, 2020

“Miyazaki and I… were first shown clips from Fantasia 2000, which was then...

Baseball Chunichi Dragons left-handed pitcher Yudai Ono

[ODDS and EVENS] Dragons Lefty Yudai Ono's Workhorse Mentality Leads to Career-high Number of Complete Games

Ed Odeven October 8, 2020

Nowadays, baseball observers and participants don't expect starting pitchers to go the distance....

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Kadokawa Culture Museum: Landmark by Kengo Kuma Offers Limitless Discoveries

Mariko Azuma October 8, 2020

Within a 10-minute walk from the Higashi-Tokorozawa Station on the JR Musashino Line,...

Japan Coronavirus PCR test

Will Good News on Tokyo’s Falling COVID-19 Death Rate Help in the Coming Flu Season?

Arielle Busetto October 8, 2020

It’s all anybody can talk about in this period of COVID-19: what will...

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[Eternal Hokusai] The Master’s Obsession with Waves

Frank Witkam October 8, 2020

(Above) Waves at Matsushima (17th century) by Tawaraya Sōtatsu Part 6 of a series marking the...