Being expected to perform on par with Japanese peers is a major hurdle faced by international students in Japan. Nevertheless,...
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...
The Japanese University Graduates Association of Singapore (JUGAS) marks its 50th Anniversary this year. The association has been active in...
This year, 3,164 Singaporeans across 47 prefectures in Japan celebrate National Day away from home. We gathered some of them...
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...
Meet Yuki Takeda and Mika Tan, a Japanese-Singaporean couple! Yuki is a world whistling champion who performs around the world,...
Akadot TV collaborates with Hikarin, popular J-pop cover singer in Singapore! Hikari has just returned as a soloist after the...
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...
Miki Makiura, who is married to a Singaporean Chinese, went through the traditional Singaporean Chinese postpartum practices after giving birth...
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...
Inspired by the craftsmen that he met in Kyoto, Tong Cheuk Fung began his journey in designing and creating handmade...
What memories does Singapore hold for a Japanese lady who has lived here for the past 15 years? Paper quilling...
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