Naomi Kawase Chosen to Direct Tokyo 2020 Official Film Japanese auteur and Cannes Grand Prix winner Naomi Kawase was selected to direct the official…
Tokyo Maintains Ranking as World’s Third Most “Magnetic” City In terms of magnetism, or a city’s ability to attract enterprises and creative individuals from…
Sakura Surprise: Japan’s Cherry Blossoms Flowering in October Something strange is going on. While we’re all switching our spring/summer wardrobes over to autumn/winter,…
Bow First, Ask Questions Later: Book Reveals What It’s Like Living in a Japanese Monastery Gesshin Claire Greenwood is probably not what you expect to fit the image of a…
Tokyo Named Best City in the World for Third Consecutive Year Tom Cruise, who has visited Tokyo well over 20 times and once had a day…
Murakami’s Latest Novel a “Gothic Retelling of The Great Gatsby” The argument that an artist, be they musician, writer, or painter, should come under fire…
Tsukiji Fish Market Closes But Move Still Causing Controversy Affectionately known as “Japan’s Kitchen”, Tsukiji Market’s inner market — where most of the seafood…
Nintendo Wins Court Case Knocking MariCar Go-kart Company Off the Proverbial Rainbow Bridge You’ve seen the packs of people dressed as Princess Peach, Mario, Yoshi or other Nintendo characters…
Tokyo Grounds to a Halt as Powerful Typhoon Trami Whips Through Japan Flights were canceled and train lines were suspended in Tokyo as Typhoon No. 24, also…
Every Dog Has Its Day: Shibuya Station’s Hachiko Pack Gets Long-overdue Grooming A popular meeting spot for those avoiding the teeming masses surrounding the Hachiko statue, the Hachiko Family Mural is…
Singer Donna Burke Discovers Her Voice on Eminem’s Latest Album When Donna Burke listens to Eminem’s new song “Good Guy,” released August 31 on the…
Volunteers Wanted: Tokyo 2020 to Kick Off Recruitment Campaign Rounding up 80,000 volunteers is a daunting task, thus Tokyo 2020 is starting two years…
Remembering TW’s Former Entertainment Editor James Bailey (1946–2018) James Herbert “Jim” Bailey, who previously worked as Tokyo Weekender’s entertainment editor for more than two…
Fired for Having a Baby: Victims of Maternity Harassment in Japan Speak Out Hiroko Miyashita never intended to quit her job after falling pregnant with her second baby.…
Earthquake Strikes Hokkaido; Residents Buried by Landslides An earthquake struck Hokkaido in the dark of the night triggering landslides and burying residents as…
