Designing bright, outrageously colored garments, Narutoshi Ishikawa says that wearing kimono is an amplifier for your personality. What does it take to make kimono popular in...
While the pandemic confined the movements of much of Japan, former Toyota engineers at one Tokyo company teamed up with Osaka to design ways to make...
An absorbing read in its own right with some of the charm of a Hayao Miyazaki anime film, Monkey Man provides an intriguing picture of an...
The judoka shares his plans for when his term as coach of the Japan men’s judo team ends.
“You’ve won a Grand Slam and a Paralympic gold medal in the space of pretty much one week,” said opponent Alfie Hewett to his respected rival....
Studio Ghibli film director Goro Miyazaki explores the world of children in his unconventional new film, inviting us to “see their world, what they want to...
Japan’s research whaling is quite rigorous, and takes a strictly conservation-based approach. The country’s weak voice internationally makes it hard to defeat unfounded criticism, however.
They break boundaries in the arts, shine light in dark corners, and broaden our perception of the world ー wherever we’re from. Meet the 2021 Praemium...
“I am convinced that it is the passion of artists that will help us overcome all hardships and become a force for change in the world,...
Methane is a greenhouse gas even stronger than carbon dioxide that should be recovered to keep it from exacerbating global warming.
The 11-team circuit raises the bar for women’s soccer in Japan, marking the start of the professional era here.
The Putin administration is aiming to downplay the Soviet Union's illegal actions during the war by advocating a historical view in which the Soviet Union is...
