Your Doorway to Japan

Izumi Nobumichi

Journalist. Born in Tokyo in 1952. Graduated from Waseda University and joined the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei), where he served as head of the Manila and Beijing offices and as senior managing director and deputy chief of the editorial committee. Member of the Nippon.com advisory committee.

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Tea, Faith, and Gardening: “Camellias and Japanese Culture”CULTURE | Mar 22, 2026
Form Following Function: Japanese Tea Boxes as Interior DecorationCULTURE | Nov 21, 2025
Bringing “Cha” to the World: International Expositions and the “Selling” of Japanese TeaINSIGHT | May 24, 2025
Rethinking the Nankai Trough Threat: The Importance of Earthquake ResilienceINSIGHT | Apr 4, 2025
A Pair of Authors Explore the World of Japan’s Traditional Tea RoomsCULTURE | Dec 26, 2024
Humans and Insects in the Natural World: The Entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre and His Fame in JapanINSIGHT | Nov 8, 2024
On the Hunt for High Cuisine: New Book Explores Japan’s Wild Game SceneCULTURE | Aug 28, 2024
Coffee Culture, Japan Style: Tracing the History of Japanese Porcelain ExportsCULTURE | May 2, 2024
In Search of “Living Fossils”: Meet the Cockroach Hunter INSIGHT | Apr 26, 2024
Ōkuma Shigenobu: The “Fourth Man” of Japan’s ModernizationJAPAN LIFE | Feb 14, 2024
“Wakōcha”: Japanese Black Tea Making a ComebackINSIGHT | Nov 22, 2023
Biography of James Curtis Hepburn Spotlights Contributions to Japan’s ModernizationJAPAN LIFE | Nov 17, 2023
Endō Shūsaku: New Study Explores the Final Masterpiece by Japan’s Celebrated Christian AuthorINSIGHT | Sep 28, 2023
A Century of Japanese Whisky: A Delightfully Detailed Book on the Drink in Japan CULTURE | Mar 10, 2023
Toriumi Minako Introduces Japanese Wine Pioneers in New Book on the Country’s WineriesCULTURE | Feb 24, 2023
Yamauchi Kiyoko Gets Personal with Her Drink with “Late Night Sake Reviews”INSIGHT | Jan 20, 2023
Japan, China Mark Half-Century of Ties with an Eye on the FutureINSIGHT | Nov 29, 2022
Kishida’s Economic Security Challenge: Focus on China and TPP ExpansionINSIGHT | Oct 20, 2021