Masao Miyamoto is a psychiatrist who grew up in Japan and was trained in the US. He returned to Japan after 11 years of living, teaching, and working in America to enter the Japanese bureaucracy, […]
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Expect an early start to Japan’s Sakura Season
You can tell spring has arrived when its cherry blossoms bloom. It’s only January, but some sakura trees are already 50-percent in full bloom in Japan. Each year, the sakura bloom on different dates depending […]
【COVID-19】Coronavirus Pandemic: Not an excuse to be racist or xenophobic
Misleading, unverified and false information about the coronavirus has spread across social media platforms, with some accounts only a few days old reaching millions of views with a mix of fearmongering and racial stereotyping. https://t.co/Q1Rim3wdaB […]
Travel within borders: Japanese likes to “stay close to home”
According to the Henley & Partners Passport Index, Japan and Singapore both ranked first on the list, meaning that the nation’s passport bearer can access 190 countries without a visa. However, out of 126.8 million […]
The magazine retailed by homeless people, the ‘Big Issue Japan’—magazine’s attempt to help them help themselves
Being homeless carries a powerful stigma in Japan, where society places strong importance on self-reliance. This October, in the midst of Japan’s worst storm in decades, homeless men were turned away from shelters. According to […]
Little Miss Period: the manga challenging Japan’s stigma around menstruation
A manga character shaped like a pink blob with bright red lips is challenging stigmas surrounding menstruation in Japan. But not everyone is convinced that Little Miss Period—Seiri chan—is a force for good. The live […]
Japan firms pull out staff in Iran due to intense tension: Say no to World War Three
I want to start my article with my deepest condolence to the losses in the plane crashof Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 in Tehran, Iran. The year has just begun and the first sign of […]
Kiyoshi Hikawa—“Prince of Enka” Gifted End-of-Year Award, Stuns Fans with Their New “Genderless” Style at Kōhaku Uta Gassen
Not long ago, Japan ushered in the new year with a slew of year-end programs. One of them was “Kōhaku Uta Gassen” (紅白歌合戦), more commonly known simply as Kōhaku, an annual New Year’s Eve television […]
Russia is banned from Tokyo Olympic 2020: disclose state sponsored doping program for athletes
Last Monday, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has unanimously agreed to ban Russia from global sporting competition for the next four years, including the up-coming Japan Olympic. View this post on Instagram Сегодня отмечается Международный […]
Carlos Ghosn’s Escape From “Rigged” Japanese Justice System prompts talk of Japan’s “Hostage Justice”
Carlos Ghosn, Nissan’s ex-chairman, says he has not fled justice but “escaped injustice and political persecution”. Carlos Ghosn, the auto industry mogul who pulled off his escape from Japan, has revived global criticism of Japan’s […]
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