By Akashi Ikeda An aquarium in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, saw its number of visitors skyrocket in June. Most were clamoring to...
Paul Martin for JAPAN Forward The city of Yasugi has a long history with Japanese steel. Hitachi Metalworks — co-sponsors of the...
By Kaichi Iwamoto The popularity of the endearing “station master” Tama, a female calico cat on the Wakayama Electric Railway Kishigawa Line,...
These videos introducing Japan’s beautiful mountains—with brilliant visuals and cozy tunes—will make you want to "take a trip to the mountains,...
Part 1 of a mini-series, this story first appeared on The Jet Coaster. It is edited and used with consent. Albo Agunday - Tokyo...
20th Fuji Rock Recap On July 3, YouTube and Softbank announced for the first time ever that this year's Fuji Rock Festival would...
Grant Newsham It seems like every few months an article appears in the Western press claiming Japan-China relations are thawing. Read enough...
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Patrick Kelly Japan’s largest coral reef, the Sekisei Lagoon, is under extreme stress with only 1.4% now considered healthy according to a...
Scott Parsons My first glimpse of Japan was of its coastal mountain peaks draped with snow as our plane dipped left in...
Fuji Rock, Japan’s most renowned festival now in its 22nd year, takes place July 27-29 at Naeba Ski Resort in Niigata Prefecture. ...
Naohisa Hanzawa It was an unexpected, yet intriguing, move. At the last minute, the United States Department of Defense cancelled the invitation for the...