News | JAPAN Forward - Part 880

National Treasure: Gotoba Jono Minase Jingu Collection

San'in Travels: Oki-no-Shima and the Exiled Swordsmith Emperor Gotoba

Paul Martin May 29, 2018

Part 1: Traveling the San’in: Orochi and the Mythical Origins of the...

A Tale of the Changing Culture of Ramen

Arielle Busetto May 27, 2018

When I was 15, a friend went to a Comic Conference in Italy....

K.K.Modi

Business Magnate K.K. Modi Talks of India's Competitiveness

JAPAN Forward May 25, 2018

Krishan Kumar Modi, Indian entrepreneur and director of Modi Enterprises, visited Japan...

Shu Watanabe

Opposition's Shu Watanabe Talks About the North Korean Abductions, His New Party, and Constitutional Reform

Mizuki Okada May 24, 2018

The Sankei Shimbun and JAPAN Forward reporter Mizuki Okada interviewed a veteran...

Japan Daily Life

Editorial: Probe Into Pirate Website Mangamura Should Include Advertisers, Viewers

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun May 23, 2018

The police began investigating the pirate website Mangamura on suspicion of...

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'Aggretsuko': Netflix's Cute Red Panda Who Rages Against the Machine

Patrick Kelly May 23, 2018

If you spent any time scrolling through Netflix this weekend, you probably...

Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in

It's Incorrect to Say Japan Has Been Sidelined in Korean Peninsula Issues

Rui Abiru May 23, 2018

I had a déjà vu recently while reading a Reuters report from...

Up Close and Personal with Japan's Wildlife

Oliver Trapnell May 22, 2018

To anyone familiar with Japan it should not come as a surprise...

Japan-China-South Korea Summit

The Real Intent of Chinese and South Korean Leaders' Latest Visits to Tokyo

Hideo Tamura May 22, 2018

Seoul has bowed to intimidation by Trump while China is plagued by...

Takumi Yoshida

Nommoc Introduces Japan's 1st Free Taxi Service

Shogo Otsuka May 21, 2018

On May 8, the young entrepreneur Takumi Yoshida announced that the first...

Giveaway: The Glass that Gallé Adored — Glass from the Qing Imperial Collection

[FINISHED] Get Free Tickets to 'The Glass that Gallé Adored — Glass from the Qing Imperial Collection' Exhibition in Tokyo

JAPAN Forward May 19, 2018

Vase with Reddish Brown Overlay on Blue Ground and Fish and Lotus Design Inscription:...

From Texas to Tokyo: An Interview with Wes Anderson About His New Film, Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dodgy Stereotypes: Hollywood's Japan Problem

Peter Tasker, Arcus Research May 19, 2018

Japan is rapidly regressing to pre-war authoritarianism. The capital city’s mayor, the...