With a degree in international relations specializing in East Asia and years of experience living and working in Japan, Joshua offers his inside knowledge of Japanese news that will interest the world. Contact: JoshuaInNippon@gmail.com
The scale of Japan’s March 11th 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami has been readily evident from continuous media coverage, but with the number of missing and dead continuing to climb, the disaster is now surpassing hundreds of...
With memory of the devastating March 11th earthquake and tsunami still fresh in minds of the people of Japan, the City of Fujinomiya in Shizuoka Prefecture, near the base of the famed Mt.Fuji, was the center of a large...
The small coastal Town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture was ravaged by a deadly tsunami resulting from the 8.9 magnitude earthquake that shocked Japan on March 11th. Now, Japanese reports are indicating that more than half of the town...
Earthquake and tsunami problems continue to plague Japanin the wake of the 8.9-magnitude quake that struck the eastern part of Japan in the middle of the afternoon on March 11th.Less than 18 hours after the devastating incident...
Hundreds of bodies have been found in the recovery effort to the massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami that rolled through eastern Japan on March 11th.According to Japanese media reports, local police in Miyagi Prefecture have indicating...
The massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake that shook eastern Japan on March 11th has caused the very top of Tokyo Tower to bend.Japanese media reported that a large TV antenna on the 330-meter tall tower which sends out...
A Christmas day donation of ten school backpacks, giving under the pseudonym of anime character “Naoto Date” to a child guidance center in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, just north of Tokyo, has created a wave of anonymous gift...
Scientists at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) announced on Dec. 1st that they had found at the center of a galaxy a pair of black holes which could soon merge and result in a supermassive black hole.With...
Nothing says “Welcome to Japan!” like a tour guide in her underwear, or so women’s lingerie maker and retailer Triumph International Japan seems to hope.On November 10th, Triumph Japan introduced their “Yokoso! Japan bra...
Partial video footage of the controversial incident between the Japanese Coast Guard and a Chinese fishing vessel, which has led to a souring in Japanese-Chinese relations, was leaked to the internet sometime between November 4th and 5th.According to...