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A space for Japanese perspectives on history, culture, and global issues. 🚄🗼🗻

JAPAN Forward association, Inc., operates JAPAN Forward, a foreign-language website which delivers Japan-related news, analysis, commentary, and opinion pieces. We aim to reveal the true face of Japan to non-Japanese speakers in areas ranging from politics and economics to culture and society, actively reaching out to show the rest of the world the diversity of Japanese perspectives and the international efforts undertaken by Japanese people, corporations, and groups.

12/08/2026

A family-run sento has weathered decades of challenges and is now looking to the next generation to keep its neighborhood tradition alive.

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12/08/2026

A chance reunion brings old acquaintances back together as they offer each other encouragement while navigating life in an evacuation shelter.

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11/08/2026

A troop of Japanese macaques is causing widespread disruption in Yugawara, entering homes, chasing women and children, and forcing an open-air bath to close.

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Photo: Courtesy of the Kensei Regional Government Center

10/08/2026

Many evacuees remain in shelters as residents mourn those lost in the magnitude-7.1 earthquake and work to restore daily life.

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10/08/2026

Takaichi stopped short of a firm commitment to maintain the principles as Japan prepares to revise its security strategy amid growing nuclear threats.

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10/08/2026

After a decade on Tokyo DisneySea's Venetian-inspired waterways, Mori Shinta says making guests smile is the most rewarding part of being a gondolier.

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07/08/2026

Nupur Tewari, founder of Connect India Japan, shares her proposal for a street honoring the late prime minister and his contribution to India-Japan friendship.

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Photo: Courtesy of the Ministry of External Affairs of India

07/08/2026

The ferry is supporting residents affected by the July 28 earthquake, as water outages continue across the disaster-hit area.

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07/08/2026

Japanese companies like DOWA Holdings are developing technologies to recover lithium, nickel, and cobalt from used batteries as China tightens export controls.

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Photo: Courtesy of Mitsubishi Materials

07/08/2026

With its first in-house game brand and debut title launching this fall, Sanrio is using cooperative gameplay to create new ways to experience its characters. Find out more from the link in bio!

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