The Okawa Elementary School had a disaster protocol, but the instructions in case of a tsunami were unhelpfully vague. It led to the biggest loss of...
China’s leaders have raised the defense budget in a bid to create a “world class army” and have warned the U.S. and its allies not to...
Ando had won every event she had entered that season except for the Grand Prix Final. But all of this mattered little without the motivation to...
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin tweeted, “The international community cannot turn a blind eye” to a BBC report of systematic rape and abuse of women in...
We start our trek at the New National Stadium which will hold both the opening and closing ceremony for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics and Summer...
What are Japan’s most pressing challenges in the coming months and how will the Suga government respond to them?
~‘The Olympics are intended to be a forum where athletes can perform to their full potential in a safe, secure and fair environment. I hope the...
~~ As 2020 comes to a close, we at JAPAN Forward are reflecting on the stories that moved Japan forward this year. While SARS-Cov-2 the virus...
~In Japan's broader world, rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic prompted many countries to demand answers that never came. Japan’s reaction and theirs: seek stronger alliances...
In typical Japanese style, the country has trending words of the year and the kanji of the year. We take a look at the single unwelcome...
~The biggest issue that Japan has to urgently address is that of its economic ties vis-à-vis China. In the process, the economic ties are sure...
~Admissions will be restricted through steps such as distributing numbered tickets to allow for COVID-19 mitigation measures~ Nintendo’s first theme park, Super Nintendo World,...