Notable for the participation of many Japanese startups, the world’s largest consumer electronics show this year featured products and technologies embracing the new normal.
In the year of the coronavirus, more than one sixth of the entire Japanese population went to the cinema to watch Demon Slayer. They clearly did...
The entire world has been sitting in a cinema, watching a very bad film without being able to get up. Once the people leave the cinema...
It was a year when the economy survived while technology thrived, reminding us that science doesn’t stop, even during a health crisis.
~Japan can become a pioneer of space science if it continues its successes with its unparalleled sample return technology~ With the return of the...
In stark contrast to its external image of pretty pink flowers, the parasitic plant Striga — also known as witchweed — brutally attaches itself...
It is natural for universities to manage their research programs to prevent advanced technologies that can be applied for military purposes from leaking overseas....
Part 5 of a series marking the artist’s 260th anniversary Other parts of the series: Introduction to a series on one of Japan’s artistic icons, Hokusai...
Feature photo: Votive tablet showing Meiji era whaling by shooting at Hirado, Seto (Last of 2 Parts) Part 1: Sustaining Human Life: The Birth of Traditional...
Japan's 17-year-old shogi sensation Sota Fujii on July 16 became the youngest player ever to win any one of the board game’s eight major titles...
Listen in as the JAPAN Forward editorial team discusses our latest Mythbusters articles on foreign media misperceptions of Japan with author Prof. Earl Kinmonth. ...
About five years ago, I contributed a story titled “Anticipating the Cycle of the 3rd Disruptive Revolution” (Daisan no Garagarapon Kakumei ga Okoru Shuki) to...