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Stranger in the Shogun’s City is Masterful History and Storytelling
An historian and scholar of Japan uses her knowledge and talent to bring the story of one 19th-century Japanese woman to life.
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Book Reviews
An historian and scholar of Japan uses her knowledge and talent to bring the story of one 19th-century Japanese woman to life.
Women
A grotesque "art exhibit" by a staunchly anti-Korean right-wing Japanese party has led to a harsh backlash in the country.
Society
The rise of Japanese "kira kira" names with unexpected kanji readings has sparked controversy over the past few decades. Will altering the…
Entertainment
Once, professional live narrators for silent films in Japan were bigger stars than the actual actors onscreen. This is the story of…
Featured
A tights manufacturer in Japan seemed to forget who its target audience was when it launched this hyper-sexualized art campaign.
Culture
Dependence, or "amae", is by no means unique to Japan. So how - and why - did it become viewed as a…
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