I originally rented my SOHO (small office) to avoid three hours of daily commuting that was often extended by frequent delays on the Chuo...
With Nadeshiko, the nickname of the Japanese Women’s team, visibly rattled and disappointed after a draw with Argentina on Monday June 10, expectations were...
A United Nations human rights representative is questioning freedom of the press in Japan, even while the world body maintains a deafening silence on the...
The 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup saw the opening of the Japanese women’s team performance on Monday, June 10, in a match in Paris, France....
Tozaburo Yanagiya, 42, is a storyteller with a drive to spread the word on rakugo, a traditional form of Japanese comic storytelling. If you ask...
More than once this writer has come out with the view that the government should drop the planned consumption tax rate hike slated to rise...
Alan Booth is best known as the author of The Roads to Sata, his account of a solo walk from the northern tip of Hokkaido,...
Reiwa, the name of Japan’s new imperial era, is the first to be chosen from a traditional work of Japanese poetry. The era name...
On the day the government announced the name of the new imperial era on on Monday, April 1, people all around Japan gathered in...
With the attention of the entire Japan and a wider international audience already turned to the Chief Cabinet Secretary announcing the name of the new...
Reiwa, the name of Japan's new imperial era, is the first to be chosen from a traditional work of Japanese poetry. The era name...
On Monday, April 1 at 11.30 am, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announced Reiwa as the name of the new era in Japanese history. The two characters...