Actor Yuki Furukawa: “I’d Never Played a Killer Before” When we first met Yuki Furukawa it was 2012 and the Keio University graduate was…
Former Momoclo Pop Idol Akari Hayami: “My personality didn’t suit being an idol” From Momoclo pop idol to leading lady, Akari Hayami tells TW what she’s learned about…
Nadeshiko Japan Looks to Play World Cup Spoiler Once Again The FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks off this weekend with France taking on Korea in…
Actor Hiroyuki Ikeuchi: The Black Belt Judoka on Identity Crisis and Working with Jackie Chan “I had a complex when I was younger,” reveals actor Hiroyuki Ikeuchi during our recent interview…
Let’s Go to the Movies: A Travel Guide Take a cinematic trip around Japan by following the footsteps of some of our favorite…
Surf, Sand, Ska Bands and 5 Other Things We Saw at Yokohama’s Greenroom Festival It was a scorching weekend at Yokohama’s historic Red Brick Warehouse with a record 120,000…
From #MeToo to #KuToo: Japanese Women are Becoming Bolder Against Misogyny In the face of continued sexualization of and discrimination against women in Japan, a few…
How Fuyuki Shimazu Upcycles Cardboard Boxes to Create Designer Wallets As a struggling art student with no money to buy a replacement for his worn-out…
Best Films We Saw at the Okinawa International Movie Festival TW recently enjoyed a short stay in the sub-tropical climate of Okinawa for the prefecture’s…
Former Miss Universe Riyo Mori: “There Has Been a Shift in Attitude Towards Women in Japan” Riyo Mori caught the dancing bug when she was just four years old. Practicing jazz…
Bartender Turned Singer Yu Imari’s Road to Success: “I Felt As Though I’d Failed” Eight years ago, Yu Imari was close to giving up on his dream of making…
Singer-Songwriter HYDE: “I feel freer now than I did in the past” “The most dramatic and beautiful collection of songs I’ve ever made.” This is how singer-songwriter…
Pop-rock Band DISH// Serves Up a Tasty Sound on Latest Album A pop-rock group with a large domestic following, DISH// started out in 2011 as a…
Photo Essay: Inside the Eerie Exclusion Zones in Fukushima and Chernobyl This month marks the eighth anniversary of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, a disaster…
BBC’s Gabby Logan: “Japan Was Like Nowhere I’d Ever Been” One of the most respected and recognizable faces of British sportscasting, Gabby Logan has been…
