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LGBTQ

Japanese Star SHELLY Defends Trans People in Abortion Remarks

A Japanese talent defends her use of transgender-inclusive language in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

NEWS

Abuse in the Geisha World: Former Maiko Speaks Out

A former apprentice geisha at a Kyoto geisha house has created a flurry of online activity after describing abuses in the traditional…

POLITICS

Handsy Japan Innovation Party Politician Draws Online Ire

A Japan Innovation Party politician caused an online firestorm when filmed being a bit too touchy-feely with candidate Ebisawa Yuki during a…

BOOK REVIEWS

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.

TECHNOLOGY

Japan Still “Shackled” by Internet Explorer as Support Ends

Support for Internet Explorer officially ended in June 2022. So why are some workplaces in Japan still writing code for it?

SOCIETY

This Randoseru Backpack Rethink Angered Some Grumpy Grown-Ups

Adults in Japan took to social media to lambaste a new backpack accessory. And then the kids who designed it clapped back.

ENTERTAINMENT

Pachinko in Japan: The Game That Definitely Isn’t Gambling!

How the game of pachinko in Japan become one of the country's primary forms of legalized...well, let's not call it gambling, shall…

ENTERTAINMENT

NHK Fee: Why You Have to Pay Even If You Don’t Own a TV

A revision to Japan's Broadcasting Act might make it impossible to avoid the NHK guy slapping you with the NHK fee.