Powerlifting Group Founder Creates Space for Women Lifters in Japan
When I first came to Japan in 2014, the fitness industry barely existed. Powerlifting, a strength sport built…
Saving Traditional Folk Houses Before They Disappear?
What is lost when an old Japanese folk houses are torn down? The answer is not only a…
LDP’s Hiroshi Yamada on the Country’s New Course — and Tibet
Hiroshi Yamada is a longtime Japanese lawmaker who has made his name as a sharp-elbowed conservative voice on…
Trump Meeting with Xi Could Accelerate Japan’s Indo-Pacific Strategy
What if President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping reach a deal that calms US-China tensions, but…
Japan’s Record Tourism Surge Faces a Crisis-Readiness Test
Is Japan’s tourism boom as resilient as the record numbers suggest? Or do the headline figures mask deeper…
Election Pits Security and Growth Against Tax Politics
With Japan heading into a general election amid rising prices and growing regional uncertainty, party leaders used late-January…
Why Japan’s Economy Isn’t as Strong as It Seems
Japan’s bubble economy (1986-1991). A fever dream of Gucci-clad salarymen, gold-wrapped sushi, and nightclubs where champagne flowed like…
SusHi Tech Shows How Resilience Starts With Early Warning
How can cities keep functioning when the systems they depend on come under pressure? At SusHi Tech Tokyo…
At SusHi Tech, Robots Learn to Fit Into Human Spaces
Organized by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 brings together startups and companies exploring how technology…
Hidden Wonders | Discovering Edo Lettering at Atelier Sougeikan
People can be strangely passionate about the order of the two strokes in a capital T. I can…
Why the Japanese Economy Might Surprise the World
For decades, the Japanese economy has been weighed down by what economists call the “lost 30 years,” a…
Now Okinawa, like Taiwan, is On the Frontline
In recent weeks, a striking phrase has spread rapidly across Chinese social media platforms such as Xiaohongshu and…