Banking on Bansky
Tokyo entrepreneur launching street art non-fungible marketplace Marty Robert’s wife worried about her husband’s odd behavior. During the pandemic,...
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Japan thought leadership events to return as more robust hybrids
Until early 2020, change makers of Japanese society gathered yearly at thought leadership events in Tokyo to share their...
Ending Child Abuse in Japan
Japan lags other countries in addressing child abuse. Its government only started to track the number of child abuse...
French father mounting Olympic hunger strike pins last hopes on Emmanuel Macron
Vincent Fichot is making a last bid effort to gain rights to see his two children. The 39-year old...
Revealing Contemporary Japan
Recommendations Martin Schulz – “I had the great pleasure of meeting Richard (Editor-in-Chief) for an interview, which gave me...
Media collaborators threaten press freedom in Japan
First published by The Japan Times The British journalist Claud Cockburn once wrote: “All stories are written backwards —...
Storytelling teahouse ‘master’ is modern day doctor of the soul
First published by The Japan Times The work we do in life is often connected with who we are...
Journalist encounters prison ordeal in quest to find his children
Freelance sports journalist Scott McIntyre spoke at the FCCJ in Tokyo yesterday, following Wednesday’s suspended six-month jail sentence issued...
Public records: Here today, gone tomorrow…
First published by The Japan Times Japan’s fascination with cherry blossoms extended well beyond the two-week viewing season this...
Robert Ryker strikes the right chord
Conductor Zubin Mehta once told Robert Ryker that Mehta’s two orchestras, the Montreal Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic,...