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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
The Galapagos Effect: How Japan Sometimes Ends Up Standing Alone
What happens when technology in Japan develops independently from the rest of the world? A brief history of the Galapagos Effect.
Essay
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
SOCIETY
How Gender Bias Keeps Japanese Girls Out of STEM
Why are there so few women in STEM fields in Japan? Yuko Tamura argues that the bias starts before girls even turn…
CULTURE
Namahage: In Japan’s Akita, Demons Ring in the New Year
The namahage are wild, Krampus-like New Year's mountain gods of Akita Prefecture. But what's the story behind the horns and straw coats?
JAPANESE LANGUAGE
Beware These False Friends Between English and Japanese!
You may think you know what these words mean in Japanese. Think again! A rundown of the language's most famous "false friends".
CULTURE
Untranslated: Philosophy and Prose Collide in Masaya Chiba’s Playful World
We talked with philosopher and queer fiction author Masaya Chiba on Gilles Deleuze and the challenges of being queer in the modern…
LAW & CRIME
#MeToo in JET: One Woman’s 7-Year Battle Against Sexual Abuse
How one woman found herself without resources or assistance after she was sexually assaulted in the JET Program - and how she…
WOMEN
Japanese Law Made Me Change My Name Three Times
A Japanese woman's first-hand account of how Japan's law requiring joint spousal surnames impacted her life and sense of identity.
ESSAY
When Tokyo was Socialist: The Story of Governor Minobe
Japan is often described as a one-party, conservative state - and yet, for over a decade, a highly popular socialist led the…