It was the end of a blissfully-long Golden Week holiday in May, but one young man was already thinking of back-to-school blues. Yutabon, a...
Every year in Japan, as the spring season fades and when the temperature starts to rise, something magical happens. The conditions have to be almost...
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...
A couple of potential crises have been evolving in the Western Pacific region simultaneously since early 2018. These emerging jeopardies pose urgent threats to the...
With the slight chill which has come following the full bloom on April 7, the cherry blossom season is set to last a little...
Are you in parts of Japan where cherry blossoms have yet to bloom? You can get into the spring mood this early if you will...
Denny Tamaki was pronounced as the new governor of Okinawa after a divisive campaign that remained singularly focused on the presence of American...
The Sankei Shimbun Shinzo Abe is set to lead the longest-ever stable government in the history of Japan’s constitutional administration. Mr....
Naohisa Hanzawa It was an unexpected, yet intriguing, move. At the last minute, the United States Department of Defense cancelled the invitation for the...
James E. Auer Must Futenma—the United States Marine Corps airfield in Okinawa—remain open even if the heliport addition near Henoko is finally...
The Sankei Shimbun The Japan Coast Guard has been engaged in gathering topographic data on the sea floor in the vicinity of...
A new study indicates that the so-called “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” is 16 times bigger than previous estimates. This swirling collection of trash between...