Throughout Japan, the ever-popular festivals and summer traditions have continued to be limited in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic. This is exactly the time...
(Last of two parts) Part 1: Gion Festival Amid the Pandemic: Smaller Events, Closer Communities No matter what happens, this is what I have...
(First of two parts) Kon-chiki-chin. Kon-chiki-chin. The sounds of the rhythmic ohayashi music heard throughout the city of Kyoto accentuates the Gion Festival, the...
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To overcome the global pandemic, it is imperative for the international community to swiftly develop vaccines and drug treatments for COVID-19, and make them freely...
It’s official: Japan’s most popular rock music festival, which was scheduled for August 2020 at Naeba Ski Resort in Niigata, will not be taking place due...
There will be radical changes in the international environment brought about by the global havoc wreaked by the new coronavirus. The Sankei Shimbun...
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus from Wuhan in late 2019 has thrown the world into a frenzy, and individuals, business, and governments have...