Perspectives

At the beginning of November, autumn foliage had just entered the peak of its season in the Okuhi...

Isamu Tatsuno, chairman of Montbell Co., said the past 50 years has been a period in which “I con...

The tide of blockbuster movies and hit dramas continues to rise. Every day, new releases generate...

Compared to those in houses, apartment and condominium residents face greater inconvenience when ...

Kawasaki has published a booklet for residents to refer to when sheltering at home during disaste...

Disasters strike without warning. Kindai University senior Tsuyoshi Kitahara, 21, has come up wit...

Less than two hours from Tokyo, Mt. Oyama emerges from the forests of central Kanagawa Prefecture...

Aging spares no one, including foreign residents of Japan. There have been concerns that the lang...

Controlled burns are a springtime tradition in grasslands in the Aso region of Kumamoto Prefectu...

With the increase in nuclear families, there is a growing interest in a more personal form of mem...

The late Yutaka Akino, an assistant professor at the University of Tsukuba, became the laureate o...

The following is an excerpt from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s recent interview conducted in Tokyo with R...

Rumiko Seya, 48, has been chosen to receive the 32nd Yomiuri International Cooperation Prize for ...

Rumiko Seya, president of the specified nonprofit organization Reach Alternatives (REALs), has be...