The globally renowned and beloved 2021 Music Laureate says, ‘My mixed up cultural background has both confused me, but it's also given me an incredible richness...
A new wave of Japanese activism is using Taiji as a domestic beachhead for the burgeoning local animal rights and vegan movements. But this is far...
Shinji Tsuchimochi is an ukiyo-e artist planted solidly in the 21st century, and, like the ukiyo-e from 300 years ago, his work represents the best of...
Listen in as JAPAN Forward sports editor Ed Odeven and International Surfing Association President Fernando Aguerre engage in a wide-ranging talk about surfing, the 2021 World...
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This was the case when someone asked me innocently “how do the Japanese approach religion and spirituality?”
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Gallagher, who wrote his first piece for JAPAN Forward in January, shares his keen insights on two-time defending Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu in the run-up to...
Black ink flowing from the wood-and-horsehair brush onto the starch-white page, calligraphic artist Shoko Kanazawa inscribed, stroke by stroke, the kanji for “katsu” — “victory”.
This COVID-19 dominated year just seems to be never ending. With new travel restrictions and advisories issued around the globe, many people around the world are...
On the 260th anniversary of his birth, the life of Japan’s most famous artist is finally on film! Hokusai, the movie, was originally scheduled to be...
Keiko from Taylor Hawkins on Vimeo. There used to be almost 400 dyers of beautiful Japanese kimono fabrics in the Tokyo Hand Dyed Yuzen Guild (Tokyo...