PM Yoshihide Suga details how the 74-year-old Occupation era constitution impedes the country’s response to modern problems, including the COVID-19 emergency, and how he plans to...
If it were to become clear to everyone that there is no evidence of “forceful taking away,” going forward we might be able to face history...
A victim’s account of inhumane experiments on an estimated 1.8 million Uyghurs in the Xinjiang autonomous region paints a picture reminiscent of Nazi genocide.
Diversity is a starting point, not a goal. As long as we have respect for one another we can discuss our differences, find common ground, and...
Yoshihide Suga became prime minister of Japan on Wednesday, September 16, in an election in the National Diet to replace Shinzo Abe, who resigned for...
Matsumoto Koshiro “I will do anything to prevent the coronavirus from extinguishing the fire of kabuki,” said actor Matsumoto Kōshirō X in an August...
The Chinese novelist Yang Yi (real name Liu Qiao) — so far the only non-Japanese national to ever win the prestigious Akutagawa Prize (2008)...
The Sankei Shimbun and JAPAN Forward recently caught up with Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, the winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, to...
Just over a year ago, on June 30, 2019, Japan withdrew from the International Whaling Commission (IWC). A day later, on July 1, the...
(Last of Two Parts) Part 1: INTERVIEW | Prime Minister Abe Anxious to Lift State of Emergency, Talks About Advances in Coronavirus Treatment ...
(First of Two Parts) Part 2: INTERVIEW | Shinzo Abe on Economic Aid, Crisis Management in the Face of COVID-19 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe revealed his...
What is Japan doing in terms of helping build food security in at home and around the world? Japan made global headlines following the death...
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