Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to a...
The heads of state of Japan and China held their first talks via teleconference on Friday, September 25, just over a week after Yoshihide Suga took...
Japan’s accelerated strategy for infrastructure exports has garnered new attention since Shinzo Abe announced his decision to resign as prime minister. Mr. Abe had...
Feature photo: Votive tablet showing Meiji era whaling by shooting at Hirado, Seto (Last of 2 Parts) Part 1: Sustaining Human Life: The Birth of Traditional...
Russia on September 3 celebrated the end of World War II, a virtual anniversary of the former Soviet Union’s victory over Japan. Seventy-five years...
The new National Stadium provided a dramatic backdrop for the first big track meet of 2020 in Japan. In doing so, it also hosted an...
On June 14, there was a BLM (Black Lives Matter) protest march held in the Shibuya area of Tokyo, Japan. This was not the first...
Those who died in a battle against Soviet troops in Japan’s far north after Japan’s surrender in World War II were honored in an...
The Pacific War officially came to a close on August 15, 1945, but even today the images and sound clips of the Showa Emperor announcing on...