A Tribute to Bill Hersey: We Look Back on the Fascinating Life and Times of TW’s Society Columnist Photographs of celebrities, politicians, and dancers. Statues, masks, and handcrafts brought back from decades of…
Tokyo Weekender Gets a Makeover: Check Out Our Brand-New Look! Tokyo is known for being an ever-evolving city, rebuilding and reinventing itself whether through necessity…
Tokyo Daddy Issues: Culture for Cry-Babies We have started going to concerts again well over a year ago. The other day…
Bill Hersey, Longtime Society Columnist for Tokyo Weekender, Dies at 87 Bill Hersey, who wrote for Weekender since its launch in 1970, died this morning at…
New Book Documents One of the Most Harrowing Stories to Come Out of 3/11 “Amane recounted how Daisuke, the class captain, and Yuki, his sidekick, addressed their class teacher,…
From Yuzuru Hanyu to “Yuri on Ice”: Japan’s Fascination With Figure Skating In February, 23-year-old Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu made history winning his second consecutive Olympic…
Tokyo Daddy Issues: The Cutest Dad in Town The other day we went for a family walk in Hibiya Park, scouting hiding places…
The Stories Behind Japan’s Gold Medals in PyeongChang The four gold medals won by Japan at the 2018 PyeongChang Games was double the…
“What I Love About Tokyo”: Weekender Readers Share Their Stories Talk to enough foreigners in Tokyo and a common theme will quickly emerge: the city…
The Grim Mystery of North Korean Ghost Ships Back in 2017, North Korea shocked the entire world by firing a missile over Japan’s…
Shiori Ito, the Face of the #MeToo Movement in Japan, Speaks Out As more women around the world are going public about the sexual assault they’ve endured,…
Japan Train Fare Scams on the Rise The Japanese train system is so precise, you can almost set your watch by it.…
Movement to Get Rid of Squat Toilets Around Japan Gains Ground You may see a lot fewer squat toilets in Japan by 2020, as momentum is…
Clearing the Air About Smoking in Japan Japan tends to top the lists of countries ranked by average life expectancy. This is…
Tokyo Daddy Issues: Onigiri in Space Last month I wondered when to expose my three-year-old daughter to Star Wars. Last weekend…
