Ten Years in Focus: How Photographer Mayumi Suzuki is Honoring Her Parents A Decade After March 11 Searching through the debris of her decimated neighborhood in Onagawa two weeks after the 2011…
10 Questions With Katsura Sunshine, Second Western Rakugo Comedian in History Katsura Sunshine made an immediate impression on me. His happy-go-lucky energy was tangible even through…
“I Believe Your Heart Can Be Your Home”: Finding Harmony with Sugizo Being in the presence of a rock god — even with strict social distancing measures…
Dave Spector – “Home is Where You Hang Your Hat” Dave Spector delivers a joke like a Mashiko potter throws a clay bowl – quick,…
What’s Next for Tokyo’s Hotels? — An Interview With Hoshino Resorts’ CEO Yoshiharu Hoshino Yoshiharu Hoshino says Covid-19’s impact on the hotel ecosystem was the same as that rogue asteroid…
Singer May J. Starts the New Year on a High Note May J., a Tokyo-born multicultural singer with her roots in Japan, Iran, Turkey, Russia, U.K.,…
A Quiet Challenge: New Mori Art Museum Director Mami Kataoka On Taking Charge of One of Tokyo’s Leading Institutions Amid a Pandemic In September 2019, just months before assuming her role as the new director of Mori…
People Inspire People: How The 3.11 Disaster Influenced Angela Ortiz To Become Social Impact Leader No event in the past 50 years affected the current makeup of Japan as much…
Racism in Japan: A Conversation With Anthropology Professor John G. Russell In the early ‘80s, Harlem-native John G. Russell was at a Tokyo psychiatric ward, visiting the…
Photographer Hideka Tonomura’s Silent Demonstration Against Cancer Stigma in Japan She packs her 20-something kilograms of equipment as she takes off to yet another photoshoot:…
10 Questions with CWAJ President Jane Grimes It is always a pleasure to speak with Jane Grimes. With Southern charm and a…
Meet Michail Gkinis & The Genre-Defying Fashion Designer’s New Todoroki Atelier Todoroki is, arguably, one of Tokyo’s most charming areas. Famed for its lush valley and…
10 Questions with Choom, Tokyo Fashion Enthusiast, Influencer & Fashion Editor Tokyo is widely known for its interestingly unique street fashion but one doesn’t have to…
“Mizuko”: Visual Exploration of the Grief & Search for Healing in Mizuko Kuyo, a Ritual for Unborn Children Mixing stop-motion animation and Super 8 video footage, Mizuko (“Water Child”) is a delicate and…
Meet Moeko Fukuda, Japan’s First Bachelorette Japan’s first Bachelorette is Moeko Fukuda, a 32-year-old model, TV personality, sports traveler and nutritionist…
