In this week’s news roundup we focus on Japan’s entry restrictions, which are easing. On Wednesday, the prime minister announced that triple vaccinated people won’t require a PCR test before entering the…

On this day (August 20) 10 years ago, Mika Yamamoto and her boyfriend and colleague Kazutaka Sato were travelling in a van with the Free Syrian Army in Aleppo, Syria’s second biggest…

In this week’s news roundup, we look at the government’s campaign to boost alcohol consumption amongst young people in Japan. We have the latest on the Olympic bribery scandal, Covid-19 and the…

In our latest news roundup, we report on the prime minister’s cabinet reshuffle. Out of 19 ministerial posts, just two women were selected. The biggest talking point, though, was once again the…

In this month’s List of 7, we’re looking back at some of Toho’s most iconic films to commemorate the company’s 90th birthday. From Mikio Naruse’s Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts, the first motion picture produced…

Arriving in America for the first time in 1991, Atsuko Tanaka had no idea what she wanted to do with her life. Fresh out of high school, she liked the thought of…

In this week’s news roundup we report on the five Chinese ballistic missiles that landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). We also have the latest Covid-19 news as experts call for…

Yoshiki Hayashi — now known mononymously as Yoshiki — was just four when he received his first-ever piano. As a youngster, he says he quickly tired of new things but this was…