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,…
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…
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…
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…
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Beating the Summer Heat As the Summer Olympic Games draw closer, we’ve kicked off our Tokyo 2020 Watch series.…
Tokyo Daddy Issues: The Season of Hot-Weather Friends There comes a special time every year when you finally call all those people that…
Tokyo Fempreneurs: A New Startup-Focused Venture Supports Women in Business When Amee Xu began setting up her own business in Tokyo, she had no idea…
The Man Who Survived Both Atomic Bombs This month Japan commemorates the 73rd anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombings on Hiroshima and…
Actor Mansai Nomura Named Head Creative Director for Tokyo 2020 Acclaimed Kyogen actor Mansai Nomura has been appointed the chief executive creative director of the Tokyo…
