Leave it to a robot to teach English classes! The use of AI (artificial intelligence) robots as assistant teachers for English classes...
Seated Nyoirin Kannon (Important Cultural Property), Heian period, 10th century. An impressive collection of treasures titled Daigoji Temple: A Shingon Esoteric Buddhist...
It started in the fall of 2014. Fresh from an exhilarating teacher trip to Cambodia, my friend and colleague Saya and I sat...
Paul Martin for JAPAN Forward The city of Yasugi has a long history with Japanese steel. Hitachi Metalworks — co-sponsors of the...
On May 3, 2018, Chohjun Ohtani, a high priest of Honganji Temple in Kyoto and leading scholar of the historic figure and Buddhist...
(Part 2 of 5) Part 1: China’s Confucius Institute Takes A Hit with Shutdown Decision in U.S. Universities The Kyoto Museum for...
By The Sankei Shimbun On August 17, the final “big class” competition for the 11th All-Japan High School Super Cup Dance-Off...
By Galileo Ferrari The end of July 2018 marked two years until the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Excitement has been building...
By the Sankei Shimbun The whereabouts of Ryugu Castle is one of the well-entrenched mysteries of Japanese mythology. The castle is...
Yukihiro Watanabe Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi is a department store representative of Tokyo. Like many Tokyo department stores, it has an amazing food shopping...
Wayne Hatcher "We are planning a school trip to Japan, and I want you to be the lead chaperone." These were...
Scott Parsons My first glimpse of Japan was of its coastal mountain peaks draped with snow as our plane dipped left in...