I know it’s not quite October and Halloween is still more than a month away. But I can’t help myself. I’ve already started pulling up…

In Japan, there are about a million convenience stores in every major urban center. These places of business don’t offer gasoline, but numerous snacks and…

犬と猫とどっちも飼ってると毎日たのしい Every Day is Fun Raising Both a Cat and Dog Manga artist Hidekichi Matsumoto (@hidekiccan) is known for works like さばげぶっ (Survival Game Club!)…

In a collaboration that makes a lot of sense, popular and long-running boxing anime and manga Hajime no Ippo will be teaming up with boxing…

For someone as young as me, 29 years old to be exact, retirement feels like a long way off. It’s hard for me to even…

By now, Japan has established itself as a prominent player in the whisky world, sometimes with record-shattering priced bottles. Recently, the labels of many bottles…

Arielle Busetto, JAPAN Forward Have you ever watched a film and become so entrenched in the story that you wanted to visit the locations featured…

犬と猫とどっちも飼ってると毎日たのしい (Every Day is Fun Raising Both a Cat and Dog) Welcome to today’s episode of Hidekichi Matsumoto’s hit manga series 犬と猫とどっちも飼ってると毎日たのしい (Every Day is…

I enjoy cooking. And I’m very lazy. If you’re anything like me, you likely ignore the cookbook and spin up dishes using your “gut” to…

Working at a cafe or bar, you meet a lot of different people. Perhaps you could compare the situation to a watering hole in the…

Japan has seen a wave of creative merchandise inspired by hit anime and manga Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, including pudding, okonomiyaki, and even a…

Studio Ghibli movies are pretty classic, especially the 1997 blockbuster “Princess Mononoke.” The animated movie is an epic story complete with demon curses, battles, and…

What people fail to think about when they are panic buying [manga] During the outset of the pandemic, like a lot of the world, Japan…

Little gremlins are a different breed. While hyperactive at times—especially with sugar in their system—they are capable of surprisingly deep introspection. At particularly cogent times,…

Does the ideal marriage actually exist? I would imagine not. Although rewarding, relationships involve compromise, patience, and endurance—just like anything else in life that’s worth…