Japan's new era name will be revealed on April 1st, allowing just weeks to prepare for the change. Why was the timing...
Antonio Inoki - politician, former pro wrestler and advocate for peace with North Korea - has led a complex life that tells...
From passive smoking to same-sex partnerships, Japan's cities and regions have lost patience with national government on social policy issues.
Regulation of AirBnB-style properties in Japan is necessary, but the country's new laws will cause disruption for tens of thousands of tourists...
A nasty tackle by a Nihon University American Football player made headlines last week - but the problems it reflects are endemic...
The faltering of the #MeToo movement in Japan is no surprise - lacking the decades of groundwork on women's rights and consent...
Over a year after music streaming behemoth Spotify launched in Japan, Japan still has the lowest use of streaming music services of...
"Japan's Population Implosion: The 50 Million Shock" sets out a stark and clearly-argued warning to the country, placing its steady depopulation and...
Japan's unwillingness to reform its immigration policies has led to its "technical trainee" program being used to provide cheap labor from developing...
The #MeToo movement has been slow to gain traction in Japan - but now the country's most internationally well-known photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki,...
Akiko Morimatsu is a refugee from Fukushima whom I met, along with several other women like her and their children, at a...
On January 1, 2018 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addressed the nation via the customary Prime Minister’s New Year’s Reflection statement. He used...
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