Special Reports
OBITUARY | Lee Teng-hui, Father of Taiwan’s Democracy and Former President, 1923-2020
Lee Teng-hui, Taiwan’s first democratically elected president, has died at the age of 97. The former leader passed [
OBITUARY | Shigeru Yokota: Torchbearer for Japanese Effort to Rescue North Korea’s Abductees
Shigeru Yokota spent over half of his 87 years fighting for his daughter to be rescued after she […]
Sports
OBITUARY | Don Shula: Coaching Legend Behind NFL’s Perfect Team
Coaching legend Don Shula died on Monday, May 4, at his South Florida home. He was 90. […]
Special Reports
Irene Hirano Inouye, Pillar of U.S.–Japan Friendship, 1948-2020
Irene Hirano Inouye passed away on Tuesday, April 7, at the age of 71, following an extended illness. […]
Politics & Security
Jacques Chirac, the French President Who Loved Japan, Dies at 86
PARIS — Former French president Jacques Chirac died on September 26 at the age of 86, his family announced on […]
Special Reports
Professor Ronald Dore, Major Figure in British Post-war Studies on Japan, 93
It is with great regret that JAPAN Forward reports the death of yet another of the major figures in […]