The six-month countdown to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games started on January 24, and the athletes are working hard in anticipation of the competition. ...
Climate change was not the only reason for little snow this winter in Davos, Switzerland. The heated exchange of ideas on reforming the World Trade Organization...
On January 17, the Hiroshima High Court ordered Shikoku Electric Power Co. to suspend Unit 3 of its Ikata Nuclear Power Station in Ehime Prefecture,...
Thanks to you, our dear readers, JAPAN Forward reached new milestones in monthly and daily readerships in 2019. Millions of users around the world followed our...
Many regions across Japan share a long history of cultural exchange with other places around the world. There is one exchange, however, which is a little...
When Pope Francis administered Mass to an adoring crowd at Tokyo Dome on November 25, the diversity of the congregation present was remarkable. Many...
We learned this week that a man who uses the name “Francisco” — the same name as the Pope — is the Deputy Prime Minister of...
“Peace and international stability are incompatible with attempts to build upon the fear of mutual destruction or the threat of total annihilation.” From...
Video Credit: SCMAGLEV Global Voice In the future, if you’re in a hurry, you will be able to get from Tokyo to Osaka...
Pope Francis’ visit to Japan this weekend marked the first time a pontiff has alighted on Japanese soil since Pope John Paul II’s brief...
Yoyasuyu, a public bathhouse in the Chuo ward of Kumamoto, has been temporarily decorated with illustrations of Kumamon, the adorable black bear with red cheeks...