Since coming to Japan, I have noticed some similarities and differences in communication styles here compared to Britain. Yet ...

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, I lost my grandfather in India. It was also around this time that I befriended a ...

In this island city in the Seto Inland Sea, a haunting tragedy contrasts with the harsh reality: foreign workers are both a ...

In helping keep a long tradition alive, three people weaved a Sakai Dantsu, or a Sakai-style “dantsu” thick carpet, on a loom ...

One in ten university students do not take notes during lectures, while two in ten do not regularly read books, newspapers or ...

Below is an essay contributed by an American college student from California regarding his grandfather's memories of ...

Eibun's "Gyu moyashi soba pakuchi mamire" looks nothing like traditional Okinawa Soba, but still uses traditional methods for making the noodles and broth. (Photo by Akihiro Sano) ...