“Going for a PR?” the lady in line behind me asked.
It was six hours into my flight to Tokyo, and I was stuck waiting for the bathroom under the dim blue lights of the cabin.
“What do you mean?”...
Following the recent strikes on Iran, President Donald Trump has been looking for allies to add alongside partner Israel.
On Thursday, March 19, Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi,...
Let me preface this by saying I claim no deep Japanese insight. The majority of the things I did were extremely touristy. But sometimes the touristy things are popular for a reason, so here are a few places...
There’s a Waligora tale that gets passed around my family far too often, resurfacing at least once a year, usually over dinner and always at my personal expense.
I was fifteen years old, standing...
The newly elected Prime Minister has a daunting welcoming to the Japanese Premier positions regardless, as the past four prime ministers in the past five years have been said to be removed from office...
On Sept. 27, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan conducted its 2024 presidential election to choose the next leader of the ruling party. Shigeru Ishida was chosen as the party leader, making him...
The Japanese Yen is the weakest it's been in 34 years compared to the United States dollar. Flocks of Americans are heading to Japan this summer to have a once-in-a-lifetime trip and to also benefit from...
Oakland University’s Art and Art History Department hosted an online lecture featuring Nozomi Naoi, an assistant professor of humanities at Yale-NUS College.
The lecture, which was presented on...
A lecture featuring Dr. Gennifer Weisenfeld was held on Sept. 29 at 12 p.m. in the Wilson Hall art gallery.
She is a professor at the Duke Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, and her research focuses...
