The 76-year-old Paul McCartney visited Japan in the second week of November — his seventh time — to deliver yet again an awe-inspiring...
Seated Nyoirin Kannon (Important Cultural Property), Heian period, 10th century. An impressive collection of treasures titled Daigoji Temple: A Shingon Esoteric Buddhist...
By Yukihiro Watanabe Michelin stars are not the only criteria for evaluating the quality of food. It is undeniable that Japan has...
By JAPAN Forward Naomi Osaka, the new tennis wonder child, flew into Tokyo’s Haneda Airport from Los Angeles on Thursday, September...
By Yukihiro Watanabe The Kanda Myojin Shrine is dedicated to a guardian god that has protected shoguns and citizens of Japan since the...
By Satoshi Sekoguchi Seven of the 13 former leaders of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult were executed in Japan on July 6...
These videos introducing Japan’s beautiful mountains—with brilliant visuals and cozy tunes—will make you want to "take a trip to the mountains,...
The Sankei Shimbun The torch relay for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games will start from Fukushima on March 26 of...
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JAPAN Forward Japan’s Minister of Justice Yoko Kamikawa announced on Friday, July 6, that the guru of Aum Shinrikyo (Supreme Truth) Shoko...
Japan is rapidly regressing to pre-war authoritarianism. The capital city’s mayor, the heir to a dynasty of sinister political leaders, is inflaming public sentiment...
(Fourth of Five Parts) This is the second to the last part of Sankei Shimbun and JAPAN Forward reporter Hideki Yoshimura’s interview with veteran investigator...