The number of typhoons approaching the Pacific coast of the Japanese archipelago has increased in the last 20 years, a report released by the Meteorological...
On Monday, August 31, Toshimaen, a “retro amusement park” in Tokyo, ended 94 years of operation. A large portion of the site will...
There has been extensive coverage in the past months of how coronavirus lockdowns have affected people everywhere. Still, there are communities whose experiences might...
Have you ever watched a film and become so entrenched in the story that you wanted to visit the locations featured in it, just to experience...
In a ceremony on August 17, the city of Hargeisa, capital of the de facto state of Somaliland on the eastern edge of the African...
Those who have spent too much time with the Japanese print and broadcast media, which echoes (and is echoed by) many Western media, are...
Throughout Japan, the ever-popular festivals and summer traditions have continued to be limited in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic. This is exactly the time...
Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to a...
Photo: Mori Building Co Ltd's new Toranomon Yokocho The Japanese hospitality industry was among the hardest hit by the new coronavirus pandemic, combined with business and...
The Pacific War officially came to a close on August 15, 1945, but even today the images and sound clips of the Showa Emperor announcing on...
(First of two parts) Kon-chiki-chin. Kon-chiki-chin. The sounds of the rhythmic ohayashi music heard throughout the city of Kyoto accentuates the Gion Festival, the...
August 10 marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the National Police Reserve (NPR, Kokka Keisatsu Yobitai), the predecessor of the Japan Ground...