Take a mix of passion for the environment, Japanese folk crafts, great storytelling skill and a message for the world in the age of COVID-19, and...
On assignment in Hakodate, the eyes of the alluring pussycat drew me into a local bar, where the bartender’s pride of workmanship enhanced the flavor of...
Determined survivors are reconstructing their cities from the Tohoku Earthquake, while cleaning up from the latest tremor, preparing for the Olympic Torch Relay and planning to...
Despite COVID-19, the new “living laboratory” smart city project broke ground right on schedule, in full view of Mount Fuji, under the watchful eyes of Toyota...
Choosing quality over quantity, foreign sake lovers are choosing luxury sake to drink at home to compensate for not being able to travel due to the...
In the telework environment of the pandemic, why not give chocolates instead to people in difficult situations? Or to people working in sectors essential for the...
The energetic nonagenerian samurai remains a positive thinker. "[Coronavirus shutdown] is the hardest experience I've ever had, but I'm sure I'll overcome it," he says.
The history of the naked festival dates back to the Muromachi period (about the mid-1330s to mid-1570s). On the Lunar New Year, the temple would hold...
This year, so many events all over Japan have been either canceled or scaled down, but the residents of Kasama, found an ingenious way to keep...
Yesterday, we looked at the timeline of how COVID-19 took over the lives of people in Japan. Yet, one might realize that not everything was doom...
We wrote before about the Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR Japan), an international NGO born in Japan. This year AAR Japan released...
Simulating the dispersal of airborne droplets due to a cough, Fugaku has already given something back to society for fighting COVID-19. Japan’s Fugaku supercomputer...