The lineup of six superstars in the world of contemporary art in the Mori Art Museum's "STARS" exhibition (Roppongi, Tokyo) has attracted much attention. The...
Shortly before the Toshimaen amusement park in Tokyo closed on August 31, Motoko Rich expressed an interest in the closing on Twitter. Since I myself...
Japan celebrates Keirō no Hi, or Respect for the Aged Day, on September 21 this year. It is a national holiday that officially began...
Victory at the July Grand Sumo Tournament catapulted Terunofuji in the sport's highly publicized pecking order. In the Japan Sumo Association's latest rankings, which...
On August 14, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered Chinese information technology company ByteDance to sell its U.S. operations of TikTok, its short-form video app, within...
Japan marked July 24, the date the 2020 Tokyo Olympics would have started, with the grim news that, one year away from the start of...
A new era has dawned in the history of an activity that stretches back to mythological times in both the East and the West -...
Durability is a defining trait of Yasuhito Endo’s soccer career. The Kagoshima native has been a fixture in the Gamba Osaka lineup since 2001,...
Someone once said that studying the Japanese sword is one of the quickest ways to get a profound understanding of Japanese culture. Many specialists...
No Pianos, Pets or Foreigners is a short 127-page easy-to-read book that provides the reader with a tapestry of engaging experiences of a foreigner living...
For 27 seasons, Takehiko Orimo’s never-wavering commitment to his craft was on display on the basketball court. For 27 seasons, Orimo possessed...
On January 17, the Hiroshima High Court ordered Shikoku Electric Power Co. to suspend Unit 3 of its Ikata Nuclear Power Station in Ehime Prefecture,...