After an enthusiastic buildup, the Rugby World Cup 2019 finally opened on Friday night, September 20, with its first match in Pool A, where the host...
The Japan Art Association announced on Tuesday, September 17, in various locations around the world the 2019 recipients of the global arts prize Praemium Imperiale Awards. ...
On the second day of Tokyo Game Show 2019 on Friday, September 13, the atmosphere seemed even more infectious than on the first day. Queues...
I am going to be completely honest: I was always a little intrigued with the idea of cosplay. Perhaps it was because I was never...
There are 655 exhibitors at this year’s Tokyo Game Show at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, but on the opening of the four-day event on...
The sun shone gloriously on Chiba Prefecture on Thursday, September 12, as businesses and media trekked to the first day of the Tokyo Game...
Once again, gaming aficionados will be trooping to Makuhari Messe in Chiba, east of Tokyo, from September 12 to 15 for the video games, eSports,...
Pillow fighting as a sport! Most of us have enjoyed a good pillow fight at some time in our lives. (If you haven't, you don't...
When I moved to Japan in August 2018, I came with a firm belief that I was going to fully immerse myself with the Japanese community...
Last August 15, on the first anniversary in the Reiwa era of the end of the war, and for the first time since his ascension...
China has a long history of distorting its own long history. While civilizations everywhere bend the historical narrative to their own purposes, justifying and even...
In some areas of Japan, all you have to do to get a feel of local traditions and specialties is look down at the street...