COVID-19 has shown us pandemics are a national security issue. A new system with leadership needs to be in place to prevent a repeat of Japan’s...
The setting of Japan’s favorite movie series, It’s Tough Being a Man (Otoko wa tsurai yo), the charming town of Shibamata is a rare spot that...
As China’s potential military takeover of Taiwan exists, the principal challenge for democratic stakeholders is to keep the stability in the region.
Ten years and about 750 articles later, here’s why the Kodomo Shimbun recently won the Eiji Yoshikawa Culture Award
Activists in Okinawa, aided by Chinese and North Korean agents and the local media, jeopardize the capability of Japanese and American forces to respond to possible...
Political activists and the media continue to nurture a psychology of anxiety even 10 years after the crisis.
The American ambassador to Japan when the triple disaster struck a decade ago, he says, “Property can be destroyed, but the human spirit cannot be destroyed.”
Athletes, teams, leagues and sports fans supported one another in the aftermath of the Tohoku disasters, lifting each other's spirits.
Japan’s ruling elite — including some in the media — sentenced disaster victims to death years earlier by refusing to allow the Japan Self-Defense Force to...
“The safety and security of any city is not solely down to the efforts of the organizers. Rather, safety is secured via the cooperation of tenants,...
Ishinomaki’s losses reflect the greater Tohoku experience. The town which had a population of about 160,000 people in 2011, suffered 3,554 dead and 421 who are...
Tiger previously expressed a desire to play in the Olympic tournament this summer. Another comeback on the PGA Tour may be at least a year away,...