Anti-Olympics protesters march in Tokyo

The protest march started from National Stadium where the Game's opening ceremony is planned to be held, and went through the busy shopping street of Omote Sando. Protesters held banners and shouted ... ( read original story ...)

Controversy still lingers over 2019 Aichi art show

The Aichi Triennale 2019 arts festival appears to live on in infamy. When it opened in Nagoya, it was immediately blasted for a section entitled “After ‘Freedom of Expression?,’” which duplicated a ... ( read original story ...)

KAMEOKA CORNER: The City of Yokohana

This week’s article is about Japan’s second largest city, Yohohama. It was a small fishing village for several centuries up to near the end of the Tokugawa Era which lasted ... ( read original story ...)

Brazil joins Nagoya Protocol on biodiversity

The document aims to promote the fair and equitable sharing of benefits stemming from the use of genetic resources of biological diversity, like plants, animals, and micro-organisms, as well as the ... ( read original story ...)