Nevin Thompson served as Japan Editor and Social Media Manager for Global Voices from 2014 to 2022. He is a translator, writer, and journalist, and has been connected to Japan for nearly 30 years.
Nevin currently lives and works on an island off the West Coast of Canada, and spends about three months each year with his family in Tsuruga, a small city on the Japan Sea Coast, just north of Kyoto.
Latest posts by Nevin Thompson from November, 2015
Think You're Cool? Then These Stop-Motion Ultraman Videos Are for You.
A YouTube user has created compelling stop-motion videos of the beloved Japanese superhero Ultraman.
Old Photos Show How the West Perceived Japan
Adolfo Farsari's hand-painted photos provide a glimpse of how Europeans regarded the country just a few decades after the end of that country's period of isolation.
Stunning Instagram Photos of Fall Foliage in Japan
These Instagram photos of Nikko, a popular tourist destination northeast of Tokyo, capture the magic of fall in Japan.
Shiseido's Gender-Bending Commercial
Japanese cosmetic company Shiseido has produced a gender-bending commercial that is turning heads.
