The gathering of 3,500 people on June 14 to march through central Tokyo in support of the Black Lives Matter movement was...
Rural Japan has long been trying to attract big-city dwellers to relocate to the countryside. A current wrinkle on these efforts is...
“Hit Me Anyone One More Time” is the latest comedy film by director and dramatist Mitani Koki. Although a parody centered around...
Threats from online extremists forced an art exhibition in Nagoya to close in 2019, raising fresh concerns over Japan's commitment to freedom...
The Ainu Promotion Act aimed to end discrimination against Hokkaido's indigenous people - but Ainu activists argue that it merely perpetuates colonization.
A grueling work culture underlies Japan’s demographic crisis – but the measures being used to combat COVID19 could help the country move...
Japan felt the impact of climate change in floods and heatwaves this year - but few Japanese people joined the environmental protests...
Sunday, December 15 marked 53 years since the murder of a Japanese postwar icon Rikidōzan. Some may know of him as the...