BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
Some Japanese Izakaya Go Virtual During COVID-19
From free high-speed wi-fi to shamizen serenades, enterprising bar owners in Japan are going virtual to soften the damage wrought by COVID-19.
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CULTURE
Japan and Controlled Substances: A Short History
Learn about Japan's history with controlled substances - from the use of marijuana in the Jomon era to the Japanese chemist who…
HISTORY
Stranded: Edo Era Castaways in the Russian Empire
In the Edo era, when setting foot on foreign soil was punishable by death, 16 castaways risked it all in an epic…
SOCIETY
Japan’s Night Workers Left Adrift in COVID-19 Response
The Abe government's complicated COVID-19 compensation plan leaves out a lot of people - including most of the women who work in…
WOMEN
Her Voice: Japanese Women Have Always Shone
Japan's government says it wants women to shine. But a working Japanese mom argues they always have: Japanese men - including her…
WOMEN
The Feminist Movement in Japan: Meiji to World War II
Learn about the early history of the feminist movement in Japan, and how women went from being "daughters in boxes" to earning…
FEATURED
The Spanish Flu in Japan and Its Parallels to COVID-19
How the 1918 Flu Pandemic (a.k.a. the Spanish Flu) affected Japan, how the country reacted, and what we can learn from history.
POLITICS
The Young, Immigrants Targeted in Japan’s COVID-19 Crisis
As Japan's COVID-19 crisis escalates, its youth and foreign residents become targets of right-wing politicians and the country's mass media.