In its 30th year, the international Praemium Imperiale Awards were given to five artists and a cultural education charity, bringing to 154 the...
The Sankei Shimbun and JAPAN Forward reporter Mizuki Okada interviewed a veteran lawmaker of the House of Representatives and opposition party member Shu Watanabe...
Japan-US Summit plays timely, effective role The latest summit meeting between Japan and the United States proceeded smoothly in the sunshine of...
“Dolphins!” Out went the cry, and the coiffed men lined up on the beach perked up and peered eagerly out into the Pacific, their tailored...
A famous cherry blossom at Yoshino-yama in 2017 Despite a rare snowfall in Tokyo in late January, weather forecasts have begun for Japan’s cherry blossom...
Douglas H. Paal, Vice President for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, spoke with the Sankei Shimbun’s Washington correspondent Hiroyuki Kano. As a...
This piece was first published under the title “Seoul University professor denied the theory of comfort women as the sex slave” in Monthly Hanada Selection:...
Elephant is the national treasure of Sri Lanka Since eons ago, Sri Lanka’s strategic location has elicited the interest of a range of colonial powers...
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The month of August in Japan is a time for collective reflection on the merits of “war and peace.” It was in August of 1945...
Helmand Province, Afghanistan. (cr. Michael Yon) President Donald Trump thinks he can solve the AfPak dilemma. In his speech, the United States president talked about...
From early morning, and under cloudy skies, on August 15th, the 72nd anniversary of the end of World War II, visitors continued to gather at...