Last August 15, on the first anniversary in the Reiwa era of the end of the war, and for the first time since his ascension...
“Won’t you join us for a sing-along of national anthems from around the world before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?” Tadamasa Fukiura, organizer of the...
Known best for his acting work in Japanese cult classic movies like Ichi the Killer (as brutal enforcer Kakihara) and Hollywood blockbusters such as Marvel’s...
Free speech is rapidly becoming a vanishing commodity worldwide. Political correctness, pandemic fake news, social media “shadow bans,” and hidebound institutional biases at universities...
“Hong Kong is NOT China. Stop Chinese Colonialism. Free Hong Kong.” - 6.28.2019 @J20 “We are brothers for life, aren’t we? If I go...
A symposium held in Geneva Switzerland on July 2 sought to set the record straight concerning allegations by South Korea that conscripted workers from the...
On June 15, five people who appeared in a documentary called “Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue” (Tofu Films) sued the director...
Japan’s commercial whaling industry, resumed after a 30-year pause, is likely to have a rocky start as the country tries to balance its actions against...
Women’s empowerment had been a key element on the G20 agenda in the last few years, and the 2019 summit in Osaka was no exception....
With Narendra Modi having taken over the saddle of the prime minister for a second term, the eyes of the world are back on...
Japan has been slightly behind its competitors China and South Korea in the world of e-sports. This will soon change as Japan steps up on...
Smartphone app MANGA Plus, released by the publishing company Shueisha in January, has caught the attention of manga fans around the world. The...