Commentary / Japan Jun 15, 2020
Weather the storms together: Building new bridges from New York to Japan
by Joshua W. Walker
Resiliency has always been a defining theme between the U.S. and Japan.
Commentary / Japan May 8, 2020
Reimagining Japan Society New York: A beacon of hope at the epicenter of the pandemic
by Joshua W. Walker
The U.S.-Japan relationship is going to come through this pandemic even stronger than before.
Commentary / Japan Mar 25, 2020
Finding strength and unity within our uncertain 'socially distant' future
by Joshua W. Walker
Japan's long history of 'bending to adversity' prepares Tokyo for what comes next in terms of global and international implications.
Commentary / Japan Dec 1, 2019
Japan is a soft power superpower
by Joshua Walker
Japan has never looked more attractive to the world as it entered the new imperial Reiwa era on the precipice of the Tokyo Olympics next year.
People | WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN? May 11, 2019
Kumiko Imai-Duxfield: From the pull of destiny to a sense of duty
by Annette Pacey
Whether good or bad, propelled by fate or duty, the director of arts and culture for the New Zealand-Japan Society of Auckland believes no experience is a wasted one.
People | WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN? Oct 13, 2018
In art, there are no rules, only new challenges
by Irma Nunez
For the director of the Japan Society in New York, it was a teenage encounter with a Shoichi Ida print that led to her love of art and its international influence
Business Dec 2, 2016
Trump's Commerce secretary pick sends letter to Aso in attempt to boost ties
Wilbur Ross, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Commerce secretary, told Finance Minister Taro Aso of his interest in strengthening bilateral economic ties in a letter personally delivered by a representative in Tokyo on Thursday. According to a source who sat in on the meeting ...
Commentary / Japan Jul 17, 2014
Lesson on sexist heckling: bridges involve 'good men'
by Renge Jibu
The June 18 incident in which Tokyo assembly member Ayaka Shiomura endured sexist heckling underscores the need for women to take the initiative in working to banish such discriminatory attitudes from Japanese society.