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BMX Flatland Session in Komazawa Olympic Park

Jason Halayko March 11, 2020

Author: Jason Halayko The other day my good friend Tsutomu Kitayama...

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Pokémon Local Acts: Collaboration to Showcase Japanese Cities’ Charms Can Go Global, Says Literary Scholar Robert Campbell

JAPAN Forward February 29, 2020

It was a special occasion on February 27: Pokémon Day. On this day all...

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Finding New Spots in Yokohama for Shooting Breakdance with B-Boy Jun

Jason Halayko February 22, 2020

As with so many things creative and visual, your location can make...

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Tokyo’s Memory Piano is Becoming a Hot Topic in Japan

Misaki Hashimoto February 10, 2020

Credit: Misaki Hashimoto YouTube Channel On a cloudy day in late September, I...

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INTERVIEW | ‘Bonds Between People’: American Dancer Puts Kizuna Centerstage

Jason Morgan, Reitaku University February 4, 2020

Kizuna Dance | Company Residency Trailer | 2019 from Cameron McKinney on Vimeo. ...

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INTERVIEW | Hanjin Lew: Human Rights, Intelligence Sharing Will Help Repair U.S.-ROK-Japan Alliance

Jason Morgan, Reitaku University January 24, 2020

Credit: 우리공화당LIVE (First of 2 Parts) The relationship between Japan and South Korea...

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INTERVIEW | Yoshitaka Hori on ‘Death Note: The Musical’ Revival and Taking Japanese Musicals Abroad

Yukari Tanaka January 19, 2020

Based on the 12-volume manga series Death Note written by Tsugumi Ohba and...

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[Scary Places in Japan] Toyama’s Hidden Villages of Statues

Norm Nakamura January 19, 2020

Hidden in a valley south of Toyama prefecture, just a 30-minute drive...

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WATCH: Kyoto? Osaka? Find Other Gems in Japan’s Kansai Region

JAPAN Forward January 15, 2020

If you ask friends who have travelled to Japan, chances are the...

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Netflix’s ‘Giri/Haji’: A New Kind of Anglo-Japanese Alliance

Peter Tasker, Arcus Research January 11, 2020

Flawed people, troubled times. Conflict in the street, conflict in the soul. ...

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Fuji TV Exclusive: How An Aspiring Vietnamese Actress Became One of Kim Jong Nam’s Assassins

Arielle Busetto January 2, 2020

On February 13, 2017, a crime shocked the world. Kim Jong Nam, the...

Harmony is Shoko Kanazawa's 2020 New Year Kanji

'Wa’ — Harmony — is Shoko Kanazawa’s 1st Reiwa New Year Kanji for JAPAN Forward Readers

Yasuo Naito, Editor in Chief

Sankei Shimbun January 1, 2020

Shoko Kanazawa, 34, a Japanese calligrapher who also happens to have Down...