It is a well-known story that Japan’s transformation from a largely closed nation, sakoku, into a powerful international presence in such a short period...
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Spring in Japan is usually a season for flower viewing. It’s a seasonal activity that attracts Japanese, foreign residents, and tourists to well-known sites for...
The Japanese language school I attend in Yokohama has been conducting lessons online for over a month now. And despite my initial misgivings...
The owners of the Tin Toy Museum in Yamate, Yokohama, keep a big friendly Ukrainian Shepherd Dog. He likes to lie like a rug in...
A working committee of the Japanese government’s Central Disaster Management Council, chaired by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, released a report on March 31 on the...
The beautiful ethereal blossoms of spring have arrived sooner than usual. As forecast by the Japan Weather Association, with some forecasts even giving the cherry blossom...
As with so many things creative and visual, your location can make or break a shoot. In this day and age of Instagram...
I made it through graduate finals at Oxford University at the start of summer 2019. My reward? A scholarship to study at Japan’s foremost Japanese language...
Unified WBA and IBF bantamweight world titleholder, Naoya Inoue, 26, has set his eyes on becoming the undisputed champion of all four of the major...
Those who want to eat the best fish from all over country, right in the capital, will find all of that and more at the...
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