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Dear Megumi: We Hope the Leaders of Japan and North Korea Will Make Your Homecoming Possible
(This letter is part of an ongoing series of letters written by Sakie Yokota to her daughter Megumi. To […]
Culture
Kimono Fashion Can Be Cool — Trust Designer Jotaro Saito
Jotaro Saito doesn’t go unnoticed when walking down a street. The day I met him at Kanda Myojin, […]
Politics & Security
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW | Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen Seeks Security Talks with Japanese Government
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has asked for direct talks with the Japanese government on cooperation in the areas
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A Mingling of Souls at Yasukuni — Toward A Strong, Beautiful Japan
In February 2018, just before his summit meeting with President Donald Trump, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe laid
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Don’t Let Free Speech Die in Japan. I’ll Fight Alongside You
I was born and raised in the United States. Growing up, it was easy to know what America was. […]
Culture
How an American Became A Ramen Expert: The Start of Ramen Adventures
Ramen is rapidly becoming a global phenomenon. Even when JAPAN Forward visited the Ramen Show in October 2018, our [&h
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Japan’s Untapped Workforce Needs A Little Help from ‘OriHime’ the Robot
Recently there has been much debate on the pros and cons of accepting a large number of foreign workers […]
Travel
Minka: The Allure of Japanese Farmhouses and Other Old Dwellings
The last few months have seen a spate of articles on free or low-cost homes in Japan. These homes […]
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Ignoring Facts, U.S. Newspapers Repeatedly Misreport on Japan, Comfort Women
An article published in the January 30, 2019, edition of The New York Times on the comfort women controversy […
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Whaling is Barbaric? Criticisms of Japan Are Without Scientific Basis
Overseas, Japan-bashing is again on the rise in response to the Japanese government’s announcement that it will leave
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INTERVIEW | Harvard Professor Mark Ramseyer Asks, ‘What’s Gotten Into the Korean Judiciary?’
Mark Ramseyer, Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Legal Studies at Harvard Law School, is one of the world’s foremost au
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Immortal Jellyfish Rejuvenates Itself Like Benjamin Button
In 2018, a private jellyfish research facility opened in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, near the tip of Kii Peninsula