Agon Shu adheres to social distancing in Fire Rites Festival
A long procession of people dressed as yamabushi mountain priests makes its way into an amphitheater in the hills of eastern Kyoto to the sound of majestic symphonic music. This is how the Agon Shu Buddhist Association’s annual Fire Rites Festival always begins. But ...
Spring in Japan is not complete without a dash of sakura (cherry blossoms), and Andaz Tokyo Toranomon Hills is offering a host of delectable offerings infused with the seasonal flavor to enjoy in a variety of settings. The annual Sakura Garden Sakura Afternoon Tea ...
Japan’s GIGA School Program equips students for digital society
This is the third article in a Japan in Action series, showcasing key policies of the Suga administration. Japan is moving forward by three years its ¥461 billion ($4.4 billion) plan to digitalize education among the country’s nearly 13 million primary and secondary school students ...
My Number cards crucial for Japan’s move to digitalization initiatives
This is the second article in a Japan in Action series, showcasing key policies of the Suga administration. Japan’s central and municipal governments, as well as the private sector, have traditionally relied heavily on paper documents for administrative procedures. But the coronavirus pandemic has brought ...
Efforts to reduce waiting times for day care paying dividends
This is the first article in a Japan in Action series, showcasing key policies of the Suga administration. Evenings are often the busiest time for working parents, who rush to nurseries to pick up their children and then move on to tackle endless child care ...
Lessons learned help to bolster disaster resilience
March 11 marks the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, which precipitated an unprecedented catastrophe. The 9.0 magnitude earthquake, the strongest ever recorded in Japan, was also the fourth-strongest worldwide since 1900. With its focus spanning a wide swath below the seabed, ...
Support for tragedy seen in generosity, dedication to charitable efforts
Irene Hirano Inouye dedicated her life to major philanthropic and social causes in America, but perhaps her greatest legacy is her role in strengthening the U.S.-Japan relationship, including support for Tohoku’s recovery and an initiative created to benefit young people in the aftermath of ...
Fukushima No. 1 cleanup plan only getting tougher
The decades-long challenge to scrap the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, crippled by the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan in 2011, is becoming more complex as new probes highlight just how damaged the reactors are. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., operator ...
A decade has passed since a record earthquake, devastating tsunami and the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986 struck Tohoku on March 11, 2011, causing extensive damage in Fu-kushima, Miyagi and Iwate prefectures. Kyodo photographers’ visits to disaster-hit coastal areas show how they ...
Helping Tohoku’s youth aim higher
The Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, caused the deaths of 15,899 people and left 2,529 unaccounted for, mostly in Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima prefectures in the Tohoku region. It also left 1,756 children without a father or mother, or both, according to ...
Northeast marks 10 years since devastation from 3/11 quake, tsunami and nuclear crisis
Ten years have passed since the Tohoku region was rocked by the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011. Reconstruction has steadily been in progress in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, the three prefectures that were most affected by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear ...
By producing high-quality timepieces that have been closely linked with people’s lives, the Seiko Holdings Group has shared time with people, in sorrow and in joy, throughout its history. Commemorating 10 years since the tragedy, Seiko will organize a special concert at Nippon Budokan Hall ...
