In the thirty year span of the Heisei Era, Japan has seen quite a few dessert trends come and go. In 1990, tiramisu was the...
Leading up to the abdication of Emperor Akihito on April 30, JAPAN Forward is taking the opportunity to reflect in pictures on pivotal aspects of...
Emperor Akihito and his wife Michiko on April 18 visited the most important shrine in Japan, Ise Jingu, to pay their respects. Under different...
Leading up to the abdication of Emperor Akihito on April 30, JAPAN Forward looks back on the pivotal aspects of the Heisei Emperor’s rule. There...
What significance does the tenno or “emperor” have for Japan and the Japanese people? There is no easy answer to that question. Suffice it to...
©Shochiku “There are so many foreigners!” So voiced a staff member at the Kabukiza Theatre. The comment was rightfully made — a long...
With the attention of the entire Japan and a wider international audience already turned to the Chief Cabinet Secretary announcing the name of the new...
On Monday, April 1 at 11.30 am, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announced Reiwa as the name of the new era in Japanese history. The two characters...
Today at 11:30 AM, the new era will be announced, followed by a message from Prime Minister Abe at 12:00 PM. The Prime Minister's Office...
The date of the Emperor’s abdication, and therefore the beginning of a new era, was finally approved by the Imperial Household Council on December 1....