‘Tadaima!’: Marvel, Pop Culture Celebs at Home at Tokyo Comic Con 2019
Arielle Busetto, JAPAN Forward Unfazed by the suddenly cold and damp weather in Japan’s capital on Friday, November 22, VIPs and thousands of visitors made…
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Tidying Guru Marie Kondo’s New Online Goods Store Not Sparking Joy With Some
Best selling author of The Life-Changing Magic Of Tidying Up and decluttering guru star of popular Netflix series Tidying Up With Marie Kondo became a…
Criminal arrested after Fatal Stabbing on Friday: 20-year-old woman murdered in Niigata
Yuzuki Ishikawa, a woman in her twenties was murdered this Friday, November 15th, at 9 p.m. The victim had knife wounds to various places on…
Emperor Naruhito Performs the ‘Daijosai,’ the Imperial Ascension’s Last Major Ceremony
By Arielle Busetto, JAPAN Forward Emperor Naruhito carried out the most traditional and important of the rituals to becoming emperor of Japan, the Daijosai, starting…
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[Kimono Style] Jūnihitoe: Empress Masako’s Sumptuous Enthronement Dress
Sheila Cliffe, for JAPAN Forward The recent enthronement ceremony of the new Emperor and Empress has been a talking point in the last few weeks,…
Bones of 187 Human Bodies Discovered Near Tokyo’s New Olympic Stadium
According to a report from Asahi TV, information has now surfaced that bones of 187 human bodies were discovered in the preparation phase before construction…
Ikuboss: Managers In Step with The Times Promoting Father-Friendly Workplaces in Nagasaki Prefecture
Ikuboss Have you heard of ikuboss? A portmanteau term derived from the Japanese word ikuji 育児, meaning “child care” and the English loan word “boss,”…
Epic Akira Art Exhibition At New Shibuya Parco Features Art, Apparel and Original Goods
If you’ve visited Shibuya in the past two years, chances are you’ve seen collage artist Kosuke Kawamura’s “AD 2019” plastered over white construction fences in…
NBA Draft Rui Hachimura Brings Back Basketball Fever in Japan
Interest in basketball has reached new, unimagined heights in Japan ever since Japanese basketball phenomenon Rui Hachimura was drafted by the Washington Wizards as the…
South Africa Ends Japan’s One Team Winning Streak to Move On to 5th RWC Semi-Final
Galileo Ferrari for JAPAN Forward TOKYO — The final game of the Rugby World Cup quarter finals took place at Tokyo Stadium between 4th-world-ranking South…
Beer That Helps Get Rid of Your Beer Belly: Kirin’s Non-Alcoholic Karada Free
Science may not have invented a perpetual motion machine yet, but Japanese beer maker Kirin may just have accomplished the next best thing: a beer…
Japanese School Troubled by “Curry Bullying” Incident Bans Curry From School Lunch
The public outcry over the bullying incident at Higashisuma Elementary School in Kobe is intensifying as parents and caretakers express outrage over the school’s handling…
Japan’s Iconic Creepy Arcade “Anata no Warehouse” Is Closing
Anata no Warehouse (Your Warehouse), a Japanese arcade modeled after Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City, is closing its doors. The arcade is famous for its…
Typhoon’s Toll on Tokyo Likely Mitigated by Massive Underground Flood Diversion Tank
As recovery efforts continue in the wake of the massive Typhoon Hagibis which pummeled central and eastern Japan last weekend with torrential rains and powerful…
In the Land of Typhoons, Why Are Power Poles Slow to Disappear in Japan?
The Sankei Shimbun, JAPAN Forward Surprisingly, only 8% of the electric power lines throughout the 23 wards of the Tokyo Metropolis are installed underground. The…