Though some competition has already begun, the Tokyo Olympic Games officially, finally get underway Friday night with the Opening Ceremony. The ceremony opens with a video featuring geometric shapes ...

The internet is laden with blogs about travel. You don't have time to read them all, you have to get out there and do yard work. This column will allow you to sift through the schlock and get back to ...

The 40th Annual Tokyo Motor Show was not just about cars but motorcycles and commercial vehicles, too. I didn't spend a lot of time looking at dump trucks and buses, but I did spend some time with the ...

What is your background as a cartoonist, when did you start chronicling your life in Tokyo, and why did you choose an autobiographical comic as a means to tell your story? It's a funny story, really.

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Shin Kak-soo is Senior Advisor at Shin & Kim LLC and former South Korean ...