Sports
EDITORIAL | Tokyo Should Protest IOC’s Transfer of 2020 Olympic Marathon to Sapporo Without Consultation
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is poised to move the 2020 Summer Olympic marathon and race walking events f
Sports
[Mythbusters] Naomi Osaka Doesn’t Need to ‘Give Up’ U.S. Citizenship to Play for Japan
Many general interest and sports media are reporting that tennis star Naomi Osaka, a citizen of both the United [&hell
Travel
Homey Experience Gone? Companies Take Over Japan’s ‘Minpaku’ Market
A year since the ban on minpaku (lodging at a private residence) under the Private Lodging Business Act […]
Culture
Tokyo’s New “Manga Art Hotel” Has Over 5,000 Manga Titles For Travelers To Lose Themselves In
Source: PR Times While net cafes and capsule hotels are mostly viewed as an affordable bare bones way to […]
Special Reports
Tokyo 1964 and 2020: How the Olympics Have Transformed the City
It is something my wife and I look forward to: every morning we walk along the glimmering waterfront at […]
Culture
Japanese Grandma Learning English One Word a Day to Help Out During the Tokyo Olympics
Omotenashi is a Japanese word which is being thrown around a whole lot in the run up to the […]
Sports
Countdown to Tokyo 2020! Towers, Buildings and Olympic Colors
By Galileo Ferrari The end of July 2018 marked two years until the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic and […]
Sports
Editorial: On to Tokyo Olympics!
The PyeongChang Winter Olympics came to a close on February 25. Let’s review the lessons of these games as we […]