Renkoji Temple stands in a quiet residential area in Tokyo and at first glance looks rather simple and unassuming. It seems just like one of...

For the Japanese, it is not spring till they have seen the first cherry blossom and it is not summer till they have heard the cicadas sing. ...

5 am on a quiet Saturday morning found me walking towards the train station instead of lying snuggled up in bed. My plan for the day was to ...

The world has discovered masks now thanks to the coronavirus but the Japanese have been using them for a long long time. When the Japanese ...

The first time I experienced emergency was when I was a mere babe in my mother’s arms. Indira Gandhi had declared an emergency in India to ...