Even after lockdowns are lifted across the world, it’s likely many of the measures in place to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus will remain…

In Japan, people have been mostly good and the majority have followed the general self-restraint attitude against going out during the coronavirus outbreak. With most…

Children are cute. And judging by the exhausted countenance of parents with toddlers, they are also a handful. For all their mischief and animal-like behavior,…

With Japan in a ‘state of emergency’ due to the coronavirus pandemic, many of the nation’s barbers and hairdressers have had to temporarily shut up…

It’s happened so many times. I have a busy day and a jam-packed schedule with obligations that take me from one side of the city…

(Yukari Tanaka, for JAPAN Forward) Why not add a little practical beauty to this worldwide fight against the novel coronavirus? Some countries are just now…

The coronavirus and state of emergency have turned the world upside down. In this state of exception, everyone is wondering if we’ll ever be able…

Recently, in Five Stupid Ways To Get Arrested in Japan, we mentioned the KDDI caller, a pensioner who was arrested after placing nearly 24,000 complaint…

Japanese society can sometimes be conservative and rigid. While residents of this country are mostly friendly and warm-hearted, expectations are taken seriously, and norms are…

Since the onset of the Coronavirus in Japan, face masks have become scarce and increasingly expensive in stores nationwide. The internet has been awash with…

A change.org petition requesting the use of the (currently empty) Olympic Athletes Village as a temporary shelter for Tokyo’s Homeless has gone live online.Started by…

Because of the coronavirus, many people refrain from going outside unless it is an emergency and there’s no other option but to leave the house….

A 600-year-old Wisteria tree that normally sees thousands of visitors each year during the blossom season, has had it’s flowering branches cut and removed in…

With all the time spent self-isolating during the pandemic, many people are trying to find ways to occupy themselves at home. For those who enjoy…

Akiko Shigematsu, Sankei Shimbun, published in JAPAN Forward on April 28th, 2020 Seasonal changes that accompany the coming of spring are normally highly anticipated —…