BOOK REVIEWS
Review: “Tokyo Cocktails” is Fascinating Top-Shelf Reading
Tokyo is truly a cuisine capital, admired worldwide. Now, the cocktail and bartending styling of Japan gets its own in-depth treatment in…
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BOOK REVIEWS
Tokyo is truly a cuisine capital, admired worldwide. Now, the cocktail and bartending styling of Japan gets its own in-depth treatment in…
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
Restaurants and bars are the Japanese government's latest scapegoat as it declares a new state of emergency with little economic assistance.
LIVING IN JAPAN
Is Shibuya's (in)famous Halloween party dead? A subdued 2020 event due to the pandemic leads some to speculate on its future.
CULTURE
Roppongi is famous for its high population of foreigners. Why is it so popular with tourists? And how do Tokyo residents feel…
LIVING IN JAPAN
A revised law aims to eliminate harassment of locals and tourists from Kyoto's top tourist areas. But will it work?
OPINION
An activist takes the Abe administration to task for its failure to support all of Japan's citizens equally during the country's COVID-19…
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
From free high-speed wi-fi to shamizen serenades, enterprising bar owners in Japan are going virtual to soften the damage wrought by COVID-19.
SOCIETY
The Abe government's complicated COVID-19 compensation plan leaves out a lot of people - including most of the women who work in…