It must have been in 2007 or 2008, during my graduate studies at a business school in Helsinki, Finland. I was sitting in a classroom with 30 fellow students when one of them asked us to raise our hands if we were considering a ...
A chance rediscovery leads an author to reflect on the lessons to be learned from the devastation of two continents.
Japanese society and culture seem intrinsically suited to bicycles, which require a degree of safety of environment and intimacy that are alien to many thunderously car-based, brash and crime-ridden Western societies.
After flirtations with city and country, a roaming suburban boy finds that true bliss lies somewhere in between.
Lt. Col. Kris E. Roberts, who found dozens of barrels of hazardous waste buried at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in 1981, reflects on the consequences of that discovery.
A foreign patient finds much to praise after her stint at a hospital in Japan, despite the language and cultural hiccups.
On April 15 we will gather again in Tokyo to peacefully protest in solidarity with over 150 sister marches worldwide to demand the release of President Trump's complete tax returns since 2005.
Why Marlon Brando's notorious performance in "The Teahouse of the August Moon," as an interpreter for the U.S. Occupation forces in Okinawa, deserves a second look.
All the homestays I have done in my life — three of them — were psychologically traumatic in uniquely torturous ways.
A guided tour of Shibuya Ward with wheelchair users brings home how much still needs to be done to accommodate tourists with disabilities.
Japan is an easy place to foster self-delusion, and a failure at comedy is like a bucket of ice water to the face.
The election of President Donald Trump has changed the way many Japanese people who studied in the U.S. feel about their former host country.
