Although small by sumo standards, the 175-centimeter Tobizaru electrified fans when he went 11-4 in the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in September.
Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to a...
On May 23, Hana Kimura, a member of the cast for the Fuji Television series Terrace House distributed by Netflix, was found dead in her Tokyo...
The Japanese national broadcasting network NHK announced on June 3 that Earwig and The Witch, a new film made in collaboration with the popular animation production...
Japanese TV has occasionally tried portraying international marriage. One recent example is NHK’s popular morning drama Massan, inspired by the lives of whiskey maker...
Public broadcaster NHK announced early Sunday evening, September 9, that more than 200 flights coming in and out of Tokyo and train trips had been...
Documents detailing conversations spanning the years from 1949 to 1953 between Emperor Hirohito, known posthumously as The Emperor Showa, and Michiji Tajima, the first grand...
Michiji Tajima, the first grand steward of the Imperial Household Agency, kept detailed records of his audiences with Emperor Hirohito, known posthumously as The Emperor...
(Second of Two Parts) Part 1: [Mythbusters] The ‘Happiness Report’ that Makes Me Very Unhappy Japan's Missing Culture of 'Blowing your own...
On Friday February 22, Kobe hosted the Kansai Resilience Forum 2019. Its singular purpose: to share with the world the lessons learned from natural disasters....
FIPA — the Free Indo-Pacific Alliance — has begun giving persecuted minorities in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) a chance to tell the world...