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.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
What happens when technology in Japan develops independently from the rest of the world? A brief history of the Galapagos Effect.
SOCIETY
Why are there so few women in STEM fields in Japan? Yuko Tamura argues that the bias starts before girls even turn…
CULTURE
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
You may think you know what these words mean in Japanese. Think again! A rundown of the language's most famous "false friends".
CULTURE
We talked with philosopher and queer fiction author Masaya Chiba on Gilles Deleuze and the challenges of being queer in the modern…
LAW & CRIME
How one woman found herself without resources or assistance after she was sexually assaulted in the JET Program - and how she…
WOMEN
A Japanese woman's first-hand account of how Japan's law requiring joint spousal surnames impacted her life and sense of identity.
ESSAY
Japan is often described as a one-party, conservative state - and yet, for over a decade, a highly popular socialist led the…