Those who died in a battle against Soviet troops in Japan’s far north after Japan’s surrender in World War II were honored in an...
So there it is, done and dusted. I have cycled the length of Japan during COVID-19. It took 5 weeks, a lot of blood and...
Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to a...
Among other things, leaflets the South Korean government distributed to UNESCO with the aim of discrediting Japan, and using photos of Japanese workers in Hokkaido, with...
Nagao Ryou does not remember his school days too fondly. “I was mocked for my bushy eyebrows and sharp features,” recalls the 19-year-old student. Ryou...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Monday evening, May 4, that the state of emergency would be extended until the end of the month, citing the...
Few trains stop in Yoichi. The small station stands frozen in time. Not many people make it up here, let alone in the middle of...
Megaquakes surpassing the strongest ones in Japan’s recorded history could be forthcoming, a string of findings released by Japan’s Cabinet Office on April 21...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on April 16 that the government was extending the state of emergency, necessitated by the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic...
A car horn sounded from the road. Keiko-san, who, as far as I could tell had been at the rear of the farmhouse preparing dinner,...
It was a special occasion on February 27: Pokémon Day. On this day all the way back in 1996, the games Pokémon Red and Green were...
How long does Russia intend to cling to the state-perpetrated crime of “illegally occupying the Northern Territories” off Japan’s northernmost major island of Hokkaido? This...