The delayed Major League Baseball season began with much fanfare on July 23, but the COVID-19 pandemic has already raised questions about whether all 30...
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...
The current global pandemic has greatly altered life as we know it, and practically every industry has been affected. Some clear cases are tourism and...
On July 12, the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Tourism fleshed out the details of unprecedented measures to promote domestic tourism called the “Go To”...
Have you ever heard of wanko soba? For those with a hefty appetite, this might just be the delicacy for you. Head to...
The Sankei Shimbun and JAPAN Forward recently caught up with Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, the winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, to...
All around the world countries are facing the challenge of balancing a safe return to normal without strangling the economy. Japan is no different. Japan’s...
Bookmark is a new JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to...
Bookmark is a new JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to...
A slogan which many have been sharing in Japan on SNS and mainstream media is “Corona ni makeruna!” It roughly translates as “Don’t let yourself...
The novel coronavirus came into the lives of most people around the world only about six months ago. It has infected more than seven million people...
(Feature Photo: Baseball: the 2020 Nippon pro baseball season has started.) The clock is ticking. MLB owners and the Major League Baseball...