~~ 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...
As Japan entered the last ten days of 2020, there was a growing sense of urgency among the scientific community regarding the nationwide rise of COVID-19...
~‘Normally this is a time for celebration and abundant business…but we need to do something to protect the medical system.’~ Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide...
~Doctors say the ‘GoTo’ tourism campaign has contributed to people letting their guard down with the virus.~ Cases of COVID-19 have been rising as...
It’s no secret that COVID-19 has engulfed the lives of everyone around the world in 2020. In Japan, many organizations and media come up with...
As new COVID-19 cases climbed sharply during the week leading up to November 25, the mood in Japan on how to deal with the crisis suddenly...
The Antwerp games were held in 1920, shortly after the First World War and the so-called Spanish flu epidemic. They served as a symbol of post...
Yuriko Koike is the governor of Tokyo. She has proposed great reforms for the capital city, and here sets forth her vision for Tokyo...
As the novel coronavirus continues to spread in Japan at an alarming rate, new strategies are called for. On August 1, Tokyo announced...
Japan marked July 24, the date the 2020 Tokyo Olympics would have started, with the grim news that, one year away from the start of...
On July 5, Yuriko Koike, the first female governor of Tokyo, won re-election by a wide margin. As widely reported, she received 3,661,371 votes, compared...
All around the world countries are facing the challenge of balancing a safe return to normal without strangling the economy. Japan is no different. Japan’s...