In this first episode, we focus on a 13-year-old girl abducted on her way home from school. What happened to her and why is the nation still reeling?

Team Japan finished the 2022 Winter Games with 18 medals, collecting top-three finishes in seven different sports.

After consecutive runner-up finishes in Sochi and Pyeongchang, the 23-year-old collects the top Olympic prize in Beijing.

The popular Japanese ace, who was disqualified for a suit violation that cost her team a medal, issues an emotional apology.

Grossly exaggerated claims concerning the Nanjing Massacre and comfort woman controversies are faltering, and not due to lack of evidence alone.

～～ 参議院選挙の最中、安倍晋三元首相が応援演説中に凶弾に倒れました。 安倍氏暗殺は日本の政治、そして世界に何をもたらすのかー。 ロシアによるウクライナ侵略や中国の横暴な振る舞いが露わになる中、日本はいま何をなすべきなのかー。 ８月２日（火）のJAPAN Forward 時事講座では、「安倍晋三氏が遺したレガシー 日本は激変する世界にどう対応していくのか」をテーマに、安倍氏を20年以上にわた...

While American elites grandstand about the comfort women, free and open academic inquiry on East Asian history elsewhere is uncovering the uncomfortable truths.

Facts and painstaking scholarly work helped Professor J Mark Ramseyer overcome ignorance and hate to overturn a popular fiction on the comfort women debate.

Volleyball player Yuki Ishikawa is making notable contributions in Italy's SuperLega, and he hopes to do the same for the Japan men's national team in Paris.

In an exclusive interview, legendary choreographer Lori Nichol fondly recalls her long collaboration with Miyahara.

The Japanese government’s SDGs Award for 2021 spotlights the groundbreaking work of Japanese biotech firm Euglena as a model for the realization of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Hello Kitty is expanding her circle of joy, using cultural diplomacy to bring her "kawaii" touch to the Japan-ASEAN 50th anniversary and SDGs initiatives.

Kanata Okajima, who has written for BTS, TWICE, and Namie Amuro, is a mother of two. With unstoppable drive, she sets her sights on the Eurovision Song Contest.

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"My position on the comfort women issue is predicated on historical evidence and research" says Dr Tetsuo Arima in response to critics who would "cancel" him.

Along with announcing its SDGs Action Plan, Japan’s 5th SDGs Award put the spotlight on thirteen winners who are using technology and collaboration to help society change now.

"The statue does not symbolize peace, and its erection will further aggravate the conflict," says Lee Wooyeon of the Naksungdae Institute of Economic Research.

International partners vow to seize every opportunity in a bid to resolve the abductions issue.

“The mercury poisoning in Minamata affected even children, and resulted in congenital cases. “It's not like they ate the fish. It penetrated through the placenta,” said the author.

This book by J Mark Ramseyer and Jason M Morgan exposes the twin dangers of intellectual dishonesty and censorship on the comfort women issue in academia.

The 22-year-old Yamamoto landed three clean quadruple jumps and five triples en route to victory in Japan’s biggest summer competition.

As Ishikawa tackles the devastation on the Noto Peninsula, visitors are being invited back to favorite tourist spots in the southern part of the prefecture.

Pyongyang has peddled the comfort women story to divert attention from its weapons program and state-sponsored abduction.

The Sankei Shimbun will publish the American bestseller, 'Irreversible Damage' in Japanese after KADOKAWA withdrew it in late 2023 due to protests.

Shinzo Abe provided Japan with strong leadership for a record length of 8 years and 8 months, leaving behind the foundation for regional peace and security.

One need not know much about the "Nanjing Massacre" to harbor doubts about the claims made within Iris Chang's 1997 book, "The Rape of Nanking."

Meet Miu Hirano, the soft-spoken, seriously focused table tennis champion and Olympian who shares her love of Sanrio characters with fans and fellow athletes.

Hong Kong released Agnes Chow from prison in 2021. She recounts her ordeal since, including a forced propaganda tour and her painful decision to leave the city.

The comfort women myth has already deeply wounded Japan-South Korea relations. Is the latest breakthrough enough to promote a resolution in this history war?

Healthy international relations cannot be established unless the lies surrounding the comfort women issue are recognized by the world, the group says.

An adverse ruling against Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and Rappler could have had far-reaching implications on media and business in the Philippines, says lawyer.

Observing the first sunrise from the iconic Tokyo Tower, Kanazawa chooses "love" as the 2023 New Year kanji to overcome the pandemic and Ukraine war of 2022.

"Now, anyone who spends thirty minutes skimming the internet will discover that there's a real debate" about the comfort women issue ー Dr J Mark Ramseyer.

Gunma prefecture removed the monument after the association broke its promise and defied the Supreme Court order to remove the politicized statue from the park.

台北で、ロシアのウクライナ侵攻に対して行われた抗議行動＝３月１３日（ＡＰ） ～～ 今年２月下旬に始まったロシアによる隣国ウクライナへの軍事侵攻は、当初の予想を覆し、ウクライナ軍の強固な反撃に遭い、短期で勝利しようと目論んでいたロシア軍は作戦を変更せざるを得ない状況となっています。 今回のロシアによるウクライナ侵略は、台湾にどんなインパクトを与えているのか。今後、中台関係に、どんなことが起こる...

Artist-musician Daoko crosses borders and generations with her rap and songs. She and her band QUBIT, just announced the release date of their new single.

After decades of brutal communist persecution, the people of Tibet remain unmoved and unafraid. His Holiness the Dalai Lama is at the heart of their resilience.

Prime Minister of Japan KISHIDA Fumio explains his plans and priorities for the 2023 G7 Hiroshima summit, which he hosts from May 19-21.

“I think there are complicated relationships between different countries. But we can all resonate together in music. Don't be enemies; be friends.” ーTell Chang

A Mainichi Shimbun article portrays Japan as a distorted society with severe gender inequality. But the author's bias is evident from the cherry-picked data.

Scholars and activists from Japan and South Korea held a joint symposium to review the evidence and expose falsehoods spread globally about the comfort women.

In an interview, Nobukatsu Fujioka and Yumiko Yamamoto discuss J Mark Ramseyer’s new book on comfort women, recently translated into Japanese and Korean.

The former prime minister is only the fourth postwar Japanese leader to receive the country’s highest and most exclusive order of awards since the end of World War II.

The exhibition at Hotel Gajoen showcases seven rooms presenting hundreds of hina dolls from different eras and themes, alongside traditional and modern art.

“The region’s environmental issues have become security issues,” says concerned Iwakuni City Council member Takashi Ishimoto.

“Hanyu showed us that he is not just a skater. He is a legend. What he tried to do was not just for himself, it’s to push the boundary of figure skating forward.” ―Benoit Richaud

In the new book "Can You Win Against China?" (Kimi Tachi, Chugoku Ni Katerunoka), four key national security figures sound an alarm about the China threat.