Thank you for following JAPAN Forward and our dedicated sports site, SportsLook, this year. Let's look back at part two of 2022's Top 20 sports stories.
Take in the beauty of Japan's nature with a stroll along Bomichi in Yamanashi, away from the bustling city. You even get to learn some history...
"Neko Feel" captured the hearts of cat lovers pushing the new surge of "nekonomics" in Japan. The products were a massive hit and sold out on...
Returning for a collaboration premiere with Studio Ghibli composer Joe Hisaishi, The King's Singers take time to celebrate Christmas on tour in Japan.
As Beaujolais Nouveau has become unattainable due to the weak yen and rising logistics costs, domestically produced Japanese wine has emerged as a winner.
Scientists in Australia have hatched a plot to bring the extinct Tasmanian tiger back to life. What incredible animals from Japan are ripe for revival?
As one of the oldest original castles in Japan, completed in the early 1590s, Matsumoto Castle is a star attraction in Nagano Prefecture. It sits proudly...
Ken Watanabe appeared on his daughter's YouTube channel for the first time and what he did might surprise (and delight) you.
Delicious, nutritious, fibrous, gluten-free, and vegetarian, could buckwheat play a role.in Nagano residents’ longest average life expectancy in Japan?
The war games simulation in Tokyo used scenarios “so timely as to be frightening,” and well within the range of possibilities.