10 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: September 21–24 The Autumnal Equinox holiday, meant to celebrate the fall harvest, and the Japanese moon-viewing…
Trick or Treat: 10 Scary Fun Tokyo Halloween Events for 2018 Halloween is truly a 21st century holiday in Japan. Tokyo Disneyland first introduced the Happy…
Singer Donna Burke Discovers Her Voice on Eminem’s Latest Album When Donna Burke listens to Eminem’s new song “Good Guy,” released August 31 on the…
10 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: September 14–17 It seems like months since Japan’s last national holiday, but really it’s only been 33 days. We…
Japanese Hip-Hop Artist Amiide: “I Am Gay, and I Am Open About It” With the opening lyrics, “Don’t think too much. Let it be. Let it go,” Japanese…
What Is “Forest Bathing” and Can It Really Help Heal Us? The Japanese concept of shinrin-yoku is trending around the globe. Following the release of a…
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.…
[YOKOHAMA SURVEY] Share What You Love to Do in Yokohama & Win One of 20 Limited-Edition ¥1,000 Starbucks Gift Cards How often do you visit Yokohama? What kind of sightseeing experiences do you enjoy while there? The…
8 Things You Don’t Want to Miss This Weekend: September 7–9 TELL has been serving Japan’s international community since 1973 by offering free telephone counseling, professional face-to-face counseling…
New Shogun TV Adaptation: Why Fetishizing Japanese Culture is Not a Bad Thing Earlier in August, John Landgraf, CEO of American television network FX, felt the need to…
Relive the Bubble Era in Shimbashi: An Area Guide While construction redevelopments are feverishly underway in preparation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, there are…
8 Things You Don’t Want To Miss This Weekend: August 31–September 2 This weekend kicks off Disaster Preparedness Month so after stocking up on water bottles, batteries…
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…
