Japanese Delegation and European Parliament Engage in Dialogue for Improving the Human Rights Situation in North Korea On May 4, 2017, a delegation led by Katsunobu...
The Lower House of Representatives passed on May 23 the government’s Revised Organized Crime Punishment Law, which includes the provision of a new “anti-terror law,” with...
This statement was issued by Japanese academics on May 2, in reaction to the “Preliminary Report on the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression in...
The Japanese Mission to the European Union (EU) on Wednesday night, May 3, held a screening of the animé Megumi in the Belgian capital of...
U.S. President Donald Trump appears on stage at a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. April 29, 2017. REUTERS Dan Schneider, executive director of the the...
“Yuguredoki” (Twilight Time) by KEI An exhibition of works by more than 100 manga and animé illustrators—called Eshi by fans—will run from April 29 to...
The Imperial Household Agency has announced that starting September, Princess Kako, daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, will take part in a short-term exchange program...
This week, in the wake of increasingly shrill North Korean threats, Vice President Mike Pence is in East Asia, rallying the US-South Korea-Japan alliance around the...
Megumi, hello. Spring has come round again. It is the season of graduations and matriculations. In the springtime forty years ago, Dad took a picture of...
Umami or “savory,” is one of the five basic tastes alongside sweet, salty, sour, and bitter. As its Japanese name suggests, umami was discovered in Japan...
Defense Minister Tomomi Inada visited Yasukuni Shrine on December 29, 2016, and later answered questions from a group of reporters. A transcript of the discussion is...
Ambassador Manlio Cadelo of the Republic of San Marino was born in Siena, Italy and studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. He first came to Japan...