To say that 2016 was a busy year would be an understatement. At home in Japan, there was the G7 Summit held in Mie Prefecture, elections...
In the aftermath of the recent U.S. presidential election, much attention has been given to the biases and misconceptions of the U.S. news media, not least...
A few years ago when I visited my aunt’s house on Lake Yamanaka in the shadow of Mount Fuji, she gave me antique beer stein that...
DATELINE: YOKOHAMA, Japan The ‘Spirit of Zico’ banner hung high and proud over the pitch at Nissan Stadium on Sunday night, and Kashima Antlers certainly...
Kashima Antlers have already made history, becoming the first ever Asian side to progress to the final of the Club World Cup. The chances of...
This is the first in a two-part series: On December 15, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will welcome Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Otanisanso onsen (hot...
It’s no surprise that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to make nice with Vladimir Putin later this week. The Russian president sure does look like...
By concluding approval procedures for the TPP, Japan, which has the second-most-powerful economy in the region, has managed—barely—to keep the partnership alive. The government is calling...
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been approved in the Japanese Diet. Japan, which aimed to make expanded free trade and the avoidance of protectionism cornerstones of...
At long last, the day of surprise has arrived. The combined xenophobic and anti-globalist surge that began with the large-scale influx of Syrian refugees and...
JAPAN Forward is a new English-language news and opinion website run by the JAPAN Forward association Inc. JAPAN Forward aims to present the true face of...
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution at the end of September directing the U.S. government to investigate the disappearance of a young American who...