What memories does Singapore hold for a Japanese lady who has lived here for the past 15 years? Paper quilling...
Inspired by the craftsmen that he met in Kyoto, Tong Cheuk Fung began his journey in designing and creating handmade...
A Japanese businessman decided that he had enough of paying for overpriced salon services when he only wanted a simple haircut, and that’s how the 10-minute haircut concept was born. A team of 10-minute haircut stylists flew from Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan to join their Singaporean colleagues earlier in...
Miki Makiura, who is married to a Singaporean Chinese, went through the traditional Singaporean Chinese postpartum practices after giving birth...
Happy Deepavali! We followed Japanese blogger Megumi Nakazawa around Tekka Centre, as she interacted with the local Singaporeans working in the hawker and market. Over the last 2-3 years, she has been introducing the daily lives of Singaporeans, as well as the culture, politics and history of Singapore via her...
Akadot TV collaborates with Hikarin, popular J-pop cover singer in Singapore! Hikari has just returned as a soloist after the...
Meet Yuki Takeda and Mika Tan, a Japanese-Singaporean couple! Yuki is a world whistling champion who performs around the world,...
In 2002, a team of dancers represented Singapore in the YOSAKOI Soran Festival held in Hokkaido. It was lead by Masami Uno, a veteran performer of the dance form, which combines elements from the energetic Yosakoi dance of Kochi Prefecture and the traditional Soran Bushi folk music from Hokkaido. She...
This year, 3,164 Singaporeans across 47 prefectures in Japan celebrate National Day away from home. We gathered some of them...
The Japanese University Graduates Association of Singapore (JUGAS) marks its 50th Anniversary this year. The association has been active in...
Prof. Chong Tow Chong, president of SUTD, is a graduate of the Tokyo Institute of Technology (1974-1978). He reminisces about the costly yet poor overseas phone calls of those days, as well as how he and his classmates, under the tutelage of Yasuharu Suematsu, discovered and received a patent for...
Being expected to perform on par with Japanese peers is a major hurdle faced by international students in Japan. Nevertheless,...
In the heart of Kyoto stands two 100-year-old traditional townhouses that were restored by a group of Singaporeans and Malaysians. Lee Yong Chye, a graduate from Osaka University, believes in giving back to Japan by contributing to the preservation of this important cultural heritage, which is slowly diminishing in modern...