News | JAPAN Forward - Part 866

U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania dine with Japan's PM Abe and wife in Palm Beach

Abe's Game: Securing Neighbors While Rebuilding Japan's Economy

Tomohiko Taniguchi April 18, 2018

(Third of Five Parts) While Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is in the...

首相、米国へ午後出発

'Abenomics': Fighting Pessimism to Secure the Future for the Young

Tomohiko Taniguchi April 17, 2018

(Second of Five Parts) As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe heads to the...

VIETNAM-USAMATTIS

The US and Vietnam: Old Enemies, New Friends?

Patrick Kelly April 17, 2018

America’s eight-year military intervention came to a rather ignominious end as the last...

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My Life As A Foreign Woman in Japan

Taylor Bond April 17, 2018

Tampons came packaged in totally opaque, black plastic bags, which the attendants at...

Megumi and Sakie Yokota

Dear Megumi: We Told the Prime Minister This Might Be Our Last Chance

Shigeru and Sakie Yokota April 16, 2018

How are you, dear Megumi? Another year has flown by so quickly...

夕刊フジ写真　安倍晋三首相

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe: Japan Chooses Stability and Continuity

Tomohiko Taniguchi April 16, 2018

(First of Five Parts) As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe heads to the...

Sakura Sunset - Belle

2018 April 1 – 14 – Sakura Photos by JAPAN Forward Readers

JAPAN Forward April 16, 2018

Since JAPAN Forward asked readers and followers in mid-March to send us their original...

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A Walk Through Tokyo Cemeteries Under the Somei Yoshino Cherry Blossoms

Earl Kinmonth April 14, 2018

There are hundreds of different types of flowering cherry trees planted in Japan....

Kyotographie April 14 - May 14

6th Kyotographie International Photography Festival, April 14-May 13

JAPAN Forward April 14, 2018

The 6th edition of the KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photography Festival—an annual activity held at...

The 27th Annual Grand Prize for the Global Environment Awards

Sekisui House Leads Global Environment Awardees 2018

Sankei Shimbun April 13, 2018

The commendation ceremony of the 27th Annual Grand Prize for the Global Environment Awards,...

対北朝鮮、最大圧力へ結束

Shinzo Abe Embarks on Successive Summits to Contain North Korea

Makiko Takita, Sankei Shimbun April 12, 2018

Beginning with the Japan-United States Summit on April 17, Prime Minister Shinzo...

Meet the Chika Idol

Meet the Chika Idols, the Girls in the Underground Scene

Manato Sekiguchi April 12, 2018

“I will never forget these few years we spent together.” A...