Ahead of the summer holidays, the 11th wave of COVID has started. We cannot afford to become complacent with the highly contagious KP-3 variant of Omicron.
The COVID wave is compounded by the lack of immunity to the KP.3 variant, reduced financial support for medical treatment, and a surge in heatstroke cases.
Relive 2023 through the trending words of the year! We start with the 5th place winner honoring the return of in-person celebrations after 4 years of...
Incoming BoJ Governor Kazuo Ueda inherits his office with Japan in far better shape than the disaster Haruhiko Kuroda turned around when he took over in...
By fighting misinformation about the HPV vaccine to save lives, medical doctor Riko Muranaka has shown the cost and value of defending scientific integrity.
This well-researched study explores the gap between expectations of a leisurely life in rural Japan, its reality, and one’s relationship with society.
Finally, after three years, the Sapporo Snow Festival is again drawing in visitors from inside and outside of Japan, albeit with toned-down festivities.
With Japan finally opening its borders to most countries, what will Japanese tourism look like in 2023? Here are some predictions from a young generation travel...
Peter Tasker’s Year of the Rabbit predictions for the world of sports, politics, economics, and finance ー Happy New Year!
As the Golden Week holiday began on April 29, tourists wearing masks flocked to Mt. Takao and other tourist sites in Japan.
How SARS-COV-2 evolves over the next months will determine what the end of the pandemic looks like and what kind of life will follow ー a...
Invigorate your New Year with a look at some of the possibilities in 2022 that could rock our world in energy, finance, the pandemic, economics and...
