The King’s Singers’ online virtual tour in Japan is finally here. On Saturday October 24, the worldwide famous a cappella sextet is broadcasting “Finding...
Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to...
In a ceremony on August 17, the city of Hargeisa, capital of the de facto state of Somaliland on the eastern edge of the African...
No animal will feel the impacts of global warming more than the snow-white polar bears living in the arctic circle. Sea ice of the Arctic...
The Overlooked Itō Jakuchū When you hear the words “Japanese art,” what comes to mind? For some, it might be the sumptuous golds, haughty...
The United Arab Emirates’ mission to Mars is now well underway, following a successful liftoff from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan’s Kagoshima Prefecture...
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated a decoupling movement, as states try to disentangle their supply chains and political commitments from an increasingly...
Rumor has it that Princeton decided not to create a law school because it thought a trade school would tarnish its scholarly reputation. True or...
It was a special occasion on February 27: Pokémon Day. On this day all the way back in 1996, the games Pokémon Red and Green were...
North Korea: Give Us Back our Children and Let's Build a Future Together Their children were snatched from them ruthlessly decades apart, but when they first...
Researchers estimate the probability of an earthquake in the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years is as high as 70% to 80%.