Travel
Samurai Spirit of Fukushima: The Shonentai Youth Corps of Nihonmatsu Castle
(First of 3 Parts) At the end of the Edo period (1600-1868), Japan was in turmoil. There had […]
Special Reports
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 a […]
Culture
[Hidden Wonders of Japan] Oto Fire Festival Blazes on At Wakayama Prefecture
It turns out that wishing for the cold to subside and a fruitful spring to unfold is a […]
Special Reports
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 authorities […]
Special Reports
Koreans in Wartime Japan: Don’t Confuse Illegal Immigrants with Recruited Workers
(Second in a 3-Part Series) Part 1: The Reality of the Mobilization of Koreans During World War […]
Blog
Make A Wish – It’s Tanabata!
Arielle Busetto – Tokyo The 7th day of the 7th month. There is something quite […]
Blog
Back in Swing: The Secret Subculture of Jazz Cafes
Read any Haruki Murakami novel and it is easy to tell the inescapable grip jazz once had on […]
Blog
A Tale of the Changing Culture of Ramen
When I was 15, a friend went to a Comic Conference in Italy. The next day he approached me […]
Special Reports
Susumu Nishibe’s Assisted Suicide: Arrests Made, Social Debate Stirred Up
On April 5, two suspects who were close to the late literary critic Susume Nishibe, 78 at the […]
Blog
Discovering Japan, Learning the Value of Community
In March 2018, I joined an Upper School global travel trip to Japan with 16 high school students and […]
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12 Things You Might Not Have Known About St. Patrick’s Day
Above: photo taken by Nheyob of a stained glass window depicting St. Patrick / Source: Wikimedia Commons Earlier this […]