Tokyo Review
All posts tagged "local government"
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613PoliticsRemembering Martha Layne Collins: A Force for U.S.–Japan Subnational Diplomacy
“Without a doubt.” When I asked my father whether Toyota had changed our hometown, he was unequivocal. A day-one employee at what...
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1.2KPoliticsHow online outrage undermines local inclusion efforts in Japan
A specter is haunting local governance in Japan—the specter of the attention economy. Municipal officials, whose daily work usually revolves around routine...
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1.8KSocietyA decade of LGBT partnership systems in Japan
Ten years ago, two municipalities in Tokyo wrote history by commencing Japan’s first so-called “partnership systems” (パートナーシップ制度) to recognize LGBTQ+ couples’ relationships....
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Society
LGBT Partnership Systems Spread Across Japan
Four years after Shibuya became the first place in Japan to officially recognize LGBT partnerships, the system is spreading more rapidly than...