The Olympic Review: Fringe Sports Take Center Stage at Tokyo 2020 I remember the night I fell in love with synchronized swimming. It was mid-summer and…
The Olympic Review: The 2020 Games Alight Upon Tokyo Which country changed its name to Eswatini in 2018 upon royal decree? Which nation is…
What Economic Impact will the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have on Japan? Eight brand-new arenas, 10 temporary venues, citywide infrastructure from high-tech train stations to heat-blocking pavements, and…
Is this the Death Knell for the Olympics? Japan’s Anti-Olympic Petition Gains Steam Anti-Olympic Petition Closes in on 200,000 Signatures At the time of writing more than 183,000 people…
Racism Against Asians has a Sordid Past in the US In 1992, Yoshihiro Hattori, a 16-year-old exchange student in Baton Rouge, was heading to a…
The Long-term Expat: How Covid Changed My Life in Tokyo I’ve lived in Japan for over 30 years and until this pandemic hit us, I…
Tokyo 2020 vs Tokyo 2021: What the Olympics Will Look Like “A symbol of global solidarity”. The words Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga used to describe the…
Renowned Judoka Toshihiko Koga Dies at 53 Toshihiko Koga, a gold medalist at the Barcelona Games in 1992, died from cancer on…
Remembering the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami: 10 Years Later Ten years ago the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan struck off the northeast…
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Emperor Naruhito Emperor Naruhito turns 61 today and to mark the occasion we thought we’d take a…
Olympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto Named New Tokyo 2020 President All eyes in Japan will be on Seiko Hashimoto in the next five months leading…
Inspiring Japanese Women in Power Pushing for Change Yoshiro Mori has resigned from his position as Tokyo Olympics organizing committee head for his…
“There Were Days When I Didn’t Want to Go Home”: Sharehouse Nightmares From Japan I flew to Japan with two suitcases and a working-holiday visa a mere three weeks…
The Fight to Make Japan Accessible to All Travelers For some tourists, all it takes to spoil a lovely day of sightseeing in Tokyo…
Whether Trump or Biden Wins, The Covid Stays the Same I met Joe Biden in the basement of the Marengo Public Library – the smallest…
