The Current Shape of Japan’s Startup Culture The word “startup” tends to conjure up familiar images. Maybe it’s the tech bros of…
Japan Back Then: The Stories That Gripped the Nation in the 2010s The Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami At 2:46 pm on that day a magnitude 9.0 earthquake…
Tokyo on Sustainability: Time To Act Conference Key Takeaways On February 17, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) held its “Sustainable Recovery: TIME TO ACT”…
How Can Japan Prevent a Second Wave of Covid-19? Since Japan lifted its state of emergency at the end of May, there has been…
Uniqlo Launches Airism Face Mask in Japan Japan’s most-anticipated face mask will hit shelves from June 19, 2020, as global apparel retailer…
Tokyo Daddy Issues: Indoor Adventures of Social Distancing with a 5-Year-Old Yesterday, my daughter Hana showed me a pink, glittery rubber ball, asking with a 5-year-old’s…
Fast Retailing Donates 10 Million Masks to Medical Institutions In support of efforts to combat the global spread of COVID-19, Fast Retailing (parent company…
TW Pop Culture Weekly: Japan Survives the Coronavirus Quarantine with Free Streaming (and Free Porn) Restaurants, cinemas and other public spaces in Japan might still be open, but fears of…
TW Pop Culture Weekly: Only Coronavirus Can Stop AKB48 Fans The coronavirus has now spread to every continent except Antarctica. The fear of a global…
Events Canceled Throughout Tokyo as More Coronavirus Cases Confirmed CANCELED! From lunch meetings, to dinner dates, to exhibitions, to sporting events, and more this…
What Happens if the Coronavirus Cancels the Tokyo Olympics? Coronavirus. Surely one of the English language’s most printed polysyllabic words in 2020. Front page…
TW Pop Culture Weekly: Actress Erika Sawajiri Guilty of Having a Good Time On February 3, Japan celebrated Setsubun, which according to Japan’s lunar calendar is the day…
Coronavirus Facts & Myths: What Tokyo Residents Need to Know It started with a few patients reportedly having mystery pneumonia in Wuhan, China in late…
TW Pop Culture Weekly: The Life & Death of Japan’s Cinematic Gangster On January 20, famed yakuza movie actor Joe Shishido passed away at age 86, leaving…
TW Pop Culture Weekly: Boys’ Love Manga Gets the Live-action Treatment Live-action adaptations of comic books tend to be a mixed bag. In the end, though,…
