Tokyo Music Scene: New Japan Releases this August

The best new Japanese indie, electronic, hip hop and rock releases of a hot and sweaty August

Yuichi Kudo — Technical Outsider

Where does extreme metal fit into Japan?

Let Him Go

Senior services

Why the World Needs Literature

Conversations with award-winning author Yu Miri and translator Morgan Giles

The Mahabharata

Hiroshi Koike's most ambitious production questions the future of our world

6 Japanese Mystery Novels to Read in 2021

Honkaku, thrillers and crime sagas — Japan’s got it all

Boss Level

Groundhog Day on steroids

Ako: Spend a Weekend in a City of Legends

(And enjoy some of Japan’s best shio ramen while you’re there)

Kamaishi

Japan's Town of Rugby, Steel and Resilience

The Miracle of Arahama Elementary School

Visiting the ruins of the Tohoku 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami, 10 years on 

The Aftershocks of Trauma

A collection of short stories about Japan’s largest earthquake disasters

The 10th Anniversary of the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami

Commemorating the past and looking to future generations