The Brave Blossoms overpower Rugby World Cup debutant Chile to secure a 30-point win in Toulouse, France. Much tougher tests...
I've been fortunate to be able to attend several pro sports teams' first-ever games (or a reasonable facsimile, such as a first-ever home game) over the...
Japan progresses through the ‘autumn of appetite’ (shokuyokunoaki 食欲の秋) from September every year. In celebration of the season, we present the “JAPAN Forward Reader’s Ramen Championship” bracket. We...
Above: Author Yumiko Sugihara and a picture from the Takeshima Picture Book from which a South Korean academic stole an image to make false accusations against Japan...
Osaka was selected on November 23, 2018, by the Paris-based Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) to host the World Expo 2025. In the months that...
Above: Takeshima, (Okinoshima-cho, Shimane Prefecture) in the Sea of Japan, is called Dokdo on South Korea's 1977 map that appears to be a copy (with place names...