Yoko Mada (“Random Yoko”), a Japanese YouTuber widely popular with viewers both inside and outside of Japan, sat down recently with Hidetoshi Ishii, a Japanese...
At this month’s G20 summit in Germany, United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in person for the first time. They...
In November 2012, shortly after being anointed to the highest position in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and even before being named head of the...
There’s a blog written from Hong Kong that’s written in Japanese, and netizens have started to notice. It showcases underground, best-selling products, such as tough, Hong...
This is the reality in self-proclaimed superpower, China. Imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate and democracy activist Liu Xiaobo has been diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer,...
“I M Fired” As time passes, the meaning of historical events can change dramatically. Such is the case with the Asian Financial Crisis which kicked off...
JAPAN Forward reaches out in unfiltered English to let its writers inform a wider audience of the current issues and debates in Japan that are influencing...
By Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard 323 pages Henry Holt & Co.: New York, 2016 Jason Morgan, for JAPAN Forward ...
The “overseas Chinese” community, which exercises great influence in Japan’s economic world, is about to suffer a great split. Taiwanese residents and immigrants, long...
James E. Auer (Emeritus Professor of Vanderbilt University) (Part 6 of 7) I started this series as an attempt to debunk seven myths about Japan’s...
This statement was issued by Japanese academics on May 2, in reaction to the “Preliminary Report on the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression in...
James E. Auer (Emeritus Professor of Vanderbilt University) (Part 5 of 7) I started this series as an attempt to debunk seven myths about...