HISTORY
A Japanese Art and Culture History Timeline
A look at Japan's art and culture from prehistoric times to the present - from earthenware and calligraphy on up to manga…
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HISTORY
POLITICS
Celebs, Manga Artists in Japan Protest Abe Power Grab
Breaking taboo, a horde of Japanese celebrities - from Kyary Pamyu Pamyu to popular manga artists - are challenging a controversial change…
POLITICS
How Can Japan Better Prepare for the Next Pandemic?
A foreign resident of Japan gives a street-level view on the country's COVID-19 response - and how it could better prepare for…
HISTORY
Video: The Colonization of Hokkaido
Watch our latest video - a reading by author Noah Oskow of his original essay on the history of Hokkaido and how…
HISTORY
The Otsu Incident: Tsar Nicholas II’s Near-Assassination in Japan
In 1891 Japan, history was nearly changed when a Japanese policeman took aim at Russian Crown Prince Nicholas II - the future…
WOMEN
The Feminist Movement in Japan: WWII to the 1970s
How the feminist movement in Japan worked after World War II to free women from the traditionally assigned role of the "good…
WOMEN
Comedian: Wait for Jobless Women to Become Sex Workers
Japanese comedian Okamura Takashi has apologized for comments that many have derided as sexist and cruel - but some say it's not…
JAPANESE LANGUAGE
Japanese Writing: The Birth of Kana in the Heian Period
How did the hiragana and katakana writing systems come to exist in Japanese? What purpose did they serve? A history of writing…