Month: May 2019

‘Trails’: Blood spatters across an empty field of snow  The Japan Times

After a decade of visits to annual deer culls in Hokkaido’s Shiretoko National Park, photographer Takashi Homma has recently released a photo book, “Trails,” …

Tomoko Keira’s ‘The Spirit of Huci’: A year of living with an Ainu elder — review  The Japan Times

One part Ainu cookbook and three parts a cultural record of Ainu values and beliefs, Tomoko Keira’s “The Spirit of Huci” offers, for the first time, the voices of Ainu …

Four breath-taking summer tours in Japan by Walk Japan  The Independent

Japan is a beautiful country to visit any time of the year, but it is especially breath-taking during the summer. See Japan on foot, with spectacular, top-rated …

Kono speaks after returning from Russia  NHK WORLD

Japan’s Foreign Minister Taro Kono says he hopes to conclude peace treaty talks with Russia as soon as possible but he also stresses the need to resolve the …

Yuya Yanagi tosses gem as Dragons cage Tigers  The Japan Times

Yuya Yanagi went eight innings without allowing a run to help lead the Chunichi Dragons to a 5-1 win over the Hanshin Tigers on Saturday. Yanagi (3-1) fann.

Japanese top diplomat calls for stepping up peace treaty talks with Russia – TV  TASS

TOKYO, May 11. /TASS/. Japanese Foreign Minister has called for stepping up the peace treaty talks with Russia, the NHK TV channel reported. “We would like …