In the United States, the beginnings of wars are often remembered. Remember the Alamo, Remember the Maine, Remember 9/11 — these are all refrains...
A ceremony held July 31 at the Yushukan Museum within the precincts of the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo served to recall the arduous building of...
In late 2018, the Indian government renamed three of the islands in its Andaman and Nicobar...
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...
On July 20, Foreign Minister KONO Taro posted on his private blog an article on “Japan-South Korea Relations,” where he offers his thoughts on the...
In the history of Japan, there have been 10 instances of females ascending the imperial throne, beginning with the first-ever female emperor, Suiko (554-628). ...
A symposium held in Geneva Switzerland on July 2 sought to set the record straight concerning allegations by South Korea that conscripted workers from the...
In this valentine to Japanese-American maritime relations, author Agawa Naoyuki traces the process by which bitter enemies during World War II developed into friends....
Later this week, I will have the honor of attending the memorial ceremony of the Battle of Okinawa, which took place 74 years ago. Organized...
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...
South Korean media have been promoting a photograph of a man working in a coal mine, alleging it shows a Korean conscripted to work under...
Leading up to the abdication of Emperor Akihito on April 30, JAPAN Forward is taking the opportunity to reflect in pictures on pivotal aspects...