The 2021 Japan Rugby Top League season will open at the new National Stadium on January 16, giving Tokyo a marquee event early in...
Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to a...
Gymnast Kohei Uchimura’s recent testing ordeal illustrates the fluidity of life during the global pandemic. Day-to-day uncertainties are a big part of what people...
In this second of two installments, we will discuss the Residence Track immigration scheme. Japan is relaxing travel restrictions further for Japanese residents and foreigners...
The popular Meiji Shrine (Meiji Jingu) celebrated its centennial on November 1 as its inner precinct filled with pomp, circumstance, and plenty of festivities. The shrine,...
It’s kilometer 42.8 on the Linear Chuo Shinkansen’s Yamanashi test line between Uenohara and Fuefuki. At The Sankei Shimbun and JAPAN Forward, we had...
Shinzo Abe, who resigned as Prime Minister in September, has once again begun stepping up his activities in the political arena and conducting some...
Chicago Cubs hurler Yu Darvish and Minnesota Twins pitcher Kenta Maeda placed second in voting for Major League Baseball’s Cy Young Award in the National...
The number of COVID-19 infections in Japan (positive tests) exceeded 100,000 on October 29. At a glance, this may seem like a very large...
Earlier in November, Nepal’s political opposition was more than vocal in highlighting Beijing’s latest territorial seizure worth around 150 hectares along the Himalayan border...
Operating off the shores of Lake Biwa, Ohmi merchants focused on interregional trade. The Tokugawa economy was growing. Producers were increasingly specializing by region....
Japan is relaxing travel restrictions further for Japanese residents and foreigners with resident status in Japan who, until now, had to jump through several...
