It is a little-known story how the Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) played a remarkable role in dispatching disaster relief assistance amid the rapid spread of...
How can we cheer each other up during the lifestyle restrictions imposed by COVID-19? With those clapping and singing from balconies all across the...
A slogan which many have been sharing in Japan on SNS and mainstream media is “Corona ni makeruna!” It roughly translates as “Don’t let yourself...
One can’t help but spend a few moments admiring the fairytale world: dome-shaped lodgings resembling overturned bowls dot the vast landscape. Aso Healthful...
The Japanese government unveiled on May 26 its stimulus plan to boost the economy, particularly the tourism sector, once the COVID-19 outbreak is contained. Out...
The J. League first-division season will start again on July 4, it was announced on Friday. The pro soccer league’s 18-team top flight...
You might have heard the mantra, “We don’t have time to develop something new, let’s use medicines we already have.” Many academics in Japan...
What have you been doing in lockdown? So many kimono events have been cancelled this year. In more usual times, I would have been...
When the Japanese government first announced that Tokyo would be placed under a state of emergency, I felt that it wouldn’t be long before it...
It is nearly four months since the entire world was struck by the deadly Wuhan virus. No country, region, or continent has been able...
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus from Wuhan in late 2019 has thrown the world into a frenzy, and individuals, business, and governments have...
“Nobody knows anything.” That was the late screenwriter and novelist William Goldman’s assessment of Hollywood many years ago. Some might even call it...