The stories told by these statistics reveal the reality of wartime laborer, which differs dramatically from the claims of capture and forced labor, or slave labor,...
Japan has been experiencing low inflation and deflation since the 1990s, and the Bank of Japan (BoJ) has been fighting deflation ever since. It is...
Recently there has been much debate on the pros and cons of accepting a large number of foreign workers to accommodate growing labor shortages attributed...
(Second in a 3-Part Series) Part 1: The Reality of the Mobilization of Koreans During World War II - An Analysis Based on...
(First of a 3-Part Series) In 1965, Japan and South Korea normalized their diplomatic relations. Japan paid South Korea $ 300 million with no strings attached...
In 12 months’ time, Japan’s consumption tax is scheduled to rise from 8% to 10%. That may not seem like very much....
By The Sankei Shimbun On July 24, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the creation of new foreign worker recruitment policy for Japan, set...
(Second of Five Parts) As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe heads to the United States for a summit on April 17, JAPAN Forward runs a...
Chinese New Year arrived on February 16, along with many messages from my Chinese friends wishing me peace and safety in the Year of Yi...
(Conclusion) Part 1: Do We Understand War? Japanese Experts Discuss the Realities of Confronting North Korea Part 2: To Take Down North Korea,...
Could Abenomics carry on without the man whom it is named after, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe? That is the question confronting investors as they observe...
JAPAN Forward reaches out in unfiltered English to let its writers inform a wider audience of the current issues and debates in Japan that are influencing...