The squad, which has 29 athletes from 11 nations, will carry the Olympic flag at the Opening Ceremony on July 23 in Tokyo.
Kimono expert and author Sheila Cliffe interviews the young American studying to be a Nihon Buyo dancer about the comfort and attraction of men wearing kimono,...
There are approximately 130 million karate enthusiasts across 194 countries and regions. Usami’s kata has been described as the “most beautiful in the world.”
The insatiable curious Hokusai as a reporter in his times is the theme of a new book by Japanese journalist Keiko Chino, focusing on the human...
Japan has much more to lose than money. The international trust in Japan and the Japanese people will be hard to regain once lost.
The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics represent a good opportunity for Japan to demonstrate to the world the achievement of Japanese people in overcoming adversity.
To recall, Taiwan was the first to report the detection of “a virus similar to SARS” in the Wuhan area, but because of China’s influence, the...
Hirano is poised to become Japan's fifth athlete to appear in the Winter Games and Summer Games. Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto was one of the...
Modern-day Japan needs revolutionaries like Rash Bose, institutions like Nakamuraya, and a willingness to absorb the “complex and unpredictable mix of influences from across the globe.”
The Quad, which features largely in Japan’s foreign policy, can trace its roots to one man’s story amid the intellectual dynamism of Japan’s Taisho era.
The finds show how the Jomon people laid the ground for Japanese culture today, and pose the same challenge of sustainability to modern-day Japanese.
Thanks to a breeding trend in the Edo Period (1603-1867), the number of Japanese iris varieties grew by hundreds, and these days there are now over...