National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN Aug 22, 2020

Japan’s office worker struggles to adjust to a 'new normal'

It’s tough to sing the company song at daily morning meetings wearing a mask.

National / History | THE LIVING PAST Aug 15, 2020

War ends and humanity remains resilient

Chaos, destruction … humanity endures and yet, we seem stuck in repeating the same mistakes.

National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN Aug 8, 2020

COVID-19 pandemic tests our resolve to be self-disciplined

Exercising self-control in an environment that allows more freedom is more difficult than you think.

National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN Jul 25, 2020

Go To Travel campaign stirs anxieties outside Tokyo

in some areas, out-of-prefecture motorists have been pelted with rocks and intimidated by reckless driving.

History | THE LIVING PAST Jul 18, 2020

A thousand years of walking through Japan

The act of walking was one that Saigyo, Basho and Matsuo turned into poetry.

National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN Jul 11, 2020

COVID-19 pulls the rug out from under workers' feet

And that may not be the worse thing that could happen to them.

National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN Jun 27, 2020

COVID-19 pandemic has left us all feeling a little overwhelmed

When the internet sits in judgment on perceived violators of unwritten laws, its standards tend to be those of a technologized lynch mob.

History | THE LIVING PAST Jun 20, 2020

Leaving the Heian: A sexual revolution in reverse

Japan's Heian Period courtiers displayed an attitude to sex unmatched in other societies of the day.

National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN Jun 13, 2020

What constitutes nothingness? The answer could drive you insane

If we assume that everything is something, then nothing is in fact nothing.

National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN May 30, 2020

COVID-19 reminds us what everyday words such as 'viral' really mean

Will the global pandemic prompt us into changing the way we speak?