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…
Full Moon Rabbit: The Azuki-bean Craft Beer Born from Crisis The year 2020 brought the worst domino effect that the tourism industry has seen in…
10 Questions with CWAJ President Jane Grimes It is always a pleasure to speak with Jane Grimes. With Southern charm and a…
Is the Clock Ticking on TikTok in Japan? If it’s true that when America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold,…
10 Things To Know about Japan’s Prime Minister-elect Yoshihide Suga Yoshihide Suga is tabbed to pick up the pieces left behind by the second Shinzo…
Tokyo 2000: A Look Back at TW’s Top Stories from 20 Years Ago As we look back, the world held so much promise in the year 2000 – at…
