This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Masashi Nakamura, 29, who is running Nakamura Farm, a small Wagyu farm in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. His words have been edited for length and clarity. I was working at a meat processing facility in Tasmania when my interest in Wagyu began. It was 2024, and I
“When you begin again, you repeat everything,” reflects experimental filmmaker Ana Vaz, thinking of her home country Brazil and the setting of her new feature, “Hanabi,” in Japan. “There’s a normalization of the state of catastrophe and disaster necessary for the system to perpetrate itself. It needs catastrophe in order to exist.” In the wake
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sia and Mikael Lilja, who moved from Sweden to Japan, where they bought and are restoring an old house. It’s been edited for length and clarity. We’ve been together for 12 years and married for the last 4. In 2020, we bought a piece of land
Washington and Tokyo’s rare joint intervention to support the yen has put renewed focus on Japan, the largest foreign holder of US Treasurys. Early on Tuesday, the dollar-yen pair traded at around 157 against the dollar after rebounding from a nearly four-decade low of around 164, following intervention by US and Japanese authorities on Friday.
The US and Japan carried out their first coordinated yen-buying intervention in nearly three decades on Friday, stepping into currency markets after the yen weakened to a 40-year low against the dollar. Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama confirmed the operation on Monday and warned that the two countries could intervene together again if needed. The
When I planned my first trip to Japan during cherry blossom season, I knew I wanted to see the tourist highlights in major urban centers like Tokyo and Osaka, but I also wanted to embrace the countryside. I asked my relatives who live in Japan for recommendations, and their suggestions led me to three rural
