Essay

Nestled amongst the busy streets of Indonesia's capital of Jakarta is an intriguing bit of Japan. Welcome to Blok M, Jakarta's Little Tokyo.
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Was Luigi inspired by Japan's most recent folk hero assassin? (Or was it the public healthcare system?)
New data from Tokyo shows that syphilis keeps spreading thanks to increased opportunities for hookups in the digital age.
A Hokkaido detective was reportedly having an affair with a 22-year-old woman who ended up a murder defendant.
They're one of the world's most important Japanese diaspora groups. Meet the Japanese-Peruvians, and learn their dramatic history.
Spurred by colonialist propaganda that called his people "a dying race," Iboshi Hokuto spent his short life in service to his belief that "only the Ainu could save the Ainu."
Until 1933, women in Japan were forbidden from being lawyers. This is the story of how Mibuchi Yoshiko overcame the law - and even her own mother - to become a lawyer and, ultimately, an influential judge.
Japan isn't known for its spicy food. One snack company, however, has a product out that's so spicy it made national headlines when it hospitalized some high schoolers. Naturally, we had to try it for ourselves.

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