I still remember the taste of hard-to-swallow fried whale meat served in Japanese school lunches. I have no nostalgia for it, but when I come...
On a recent visit to the city of Changsha in China’s Hunan province, I took a side trip to Shaoshan, the picturesque little village...
The rare white deer has been called a divine messenger or sacred beast and considered an auspicious sign of prosperity and long life by various...
It was not long before Chinese public security took into custody two Canadians active in China, in apparent retaliation for the arrest of Meng Wanzhou,...
Every year, the World Economic Forum (WEF) — a Swiss-based non-profit famous for its globalist elite-rich January gatherings in Davos — releases a...
Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn being frog-marched from his private jet to the Tokyo Detention Center — Japan’s equivalent of a Chinese “black prison”...
Takarazuka, the famous professional theatrical group made up of unmarried young women, thrilled Taiwanese audiences with spectacular performances during their recent tour of...
We officially launched japan-forward.com on June 1, 2017, with the goal of delivering Japan-related news, features, analyses, and commentaries to reveal the real face of...
The smartphone game Pokemon GO marked on July 22 the first full year since it was launched. While there has been some decline in the...
Six years have passed since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake but earthquakes triggered by movements in the Earth’s crust are still occurring in the Tohoku...