In 2008 the news that cause a stir in Japan was mostly bad. The worldwide economic struggle hit Japan hard and the country dealt with food scandals, political resignations, earthquakes and murder in 2008.  The highlights of the year came with a good performance by the Japanese team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing [...]

Great photos of a crowded rush hour commute on Tokyo’s trains from Tony McNicol, one of the contributors to the Japan Photo Gallery here at The Nihon Sun. Big brother is watching from Tokyo’s Billboards – a whole new way to capture demographic information for advertisers. Yoko Ono recently visited Japan and Alfie Goodrich of [...]