We learned this week that a man who uses the name “Francisco” — the same name as the Pope — is the Deputy Prime Minister of...
Pope Francis’ visit to Japan this weekend marked the first time a pontiff has alighted on Japanese soil since Pope John Paul II’s brief...
If Pope Francis’s visit to Nagasaki and Hiroshima touches on the theme of Japan’s past, his trip to Tokyo is about showing the way forward...
Photos: Pope Francis Lands in Bangkok, Thailand (REUTERS, AP, Kyodo, Vatican Media) Francis, the 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, is set to land...
Pope Francis is set to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the only two cities in the world that have suffered atomic bombing, when he comes to...
The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO on July 6 named as World Heritage sites a collection of 49 tumulus sites in Osaka Prefecture dating back...
A group of Japanese is set to bring to a United Nations symposium firsthand testimony against Seoul’s claims on the treatment of Korean workers on...
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...
冬の長崎は２週間だけランタンに彩られます。まちを歩いて眺めるのも楽しいけど車窓から見るランタンも素敵です。4番か5番系統の電車に乗って「めがね橋」から「浜の町アーケード」間を通る時の風景は格別。おいでよ長崎！ pic.twitter.com/eFDZ519sUv — 羊食べる (@hitsuji_eat) February 4, 2019 Fans of celebrated animation giant Studio Ghibli can find all sorts of sights and sounds that...
The Sankei Shimbun The World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has added Japan’s Hidden Christian...
Views on nuclear issues are voiced strongly in Japan, where nuclear devastation has had a direct impact on thousands of lives not only in Hiroshima,...
Criticism of the Korean film Battleship Island (directed by Ryoo Seung-wan) has been increasing. The film is set on the coal mine on Hashima Island,...
