January 28, 2018 • 28m
TABLE FOR TWO aims to tackle the dichotomy of global obesity and hunger through a unique calorie transfer program in which healthy...Read more
February 25, 2018 • 28m
The latest edition of Kojien, the most authoritative of Japanese dictionaries, hit the stores in January 2018. A team of 220 words...Read more
March 25, 2018 • 28m
Kyoto celebrates spring with Miyako Odori, a 400-year-old dance festival featuring the geiko and maiko of Gion. The choreographer ...Read more
April 29, 2018 • 28m
With the Tsukiji Market slated for relocation in October 2018, a major concern is how to preserve its distinctive culture and trad...Read more
May 27, 2018 • 28m
Around 15,000 athletes are expected at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Serving them food while taking into account their individual ...Read more
June 24, 2018 • 28m
The destruction of natural habitats in the name of economic growth has made a once common bird an endangered species. In June 2018...Read more
July 29, 2018 • 28m
Hansen's disease or leprosy has been treated effectively since the 1950's in most countries. It's not even that contagious. But in...Read more
August 26, 2018 • 28m
The 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing, aka the Little Nobel Prize for Literature, went to Eiko Kadono (83), author of...Read more
October 21, 2018 • 28m
Eiichi Saitoh is a pioneering figure in rehabilitation medicine and man behind the development of cutting-edge braces and robots. ...Read more
October 28, 2018 • 28m
Takafumi Tsuruta is all about designing fashion that is stylish, functional and fun for everyone, transcending all boundaries. He ...Read more
November 25, 2018 • 28m
In September 2018, Japan's space agency, JAXA, became the first to land a robotic explorer on an asteroid. The rovers were dispatc...Read more
December 30, 2018 • 28m
Chieko Kuribayashi is the director of a non-profit. 5 years ago, it opened a "children's cafeteria" to serve kids that, whether fo...Read more