FEATURED
Why Some Westerners in Japan Never Learn Japanese
How a casual tweet promoting an author's new book about Japan blew up into a discussion of Western privilege and Orientalism.
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FEATURED
POLITICS
Japan’s Predicted Pension Gap Puts Government on the Defensive
A government report telling citizens they'll need to save big to make it to 95 has Japan anxious - and Prime Minister…
WOMEN
How Uniqlo’s First Female CEO Succeeded Against All Odds
Japan trails behind the world average in female chief executives - which makes the emergence of Uniqlo's Akaida Maki all the more…
FEATURED
Blood Oaths and Seppuku: The “Beautiful Death” of Author Mishima Yukio
What drove one of Japan's most acclaimed authors to raise a personal militia, and take a high-ranking general hostage in an attempted…
CULTURE
10-Year-Old School-Skipping “Revolutionary” Goes Viral in Japan
An Okinawan boy's anti-school rant continues to rack up hits - and criticism of both the boy and his parents.
WOMEN
How Dynamic Developer Nakamura Ikumi Won The Internet
The online gaming community this week was smitten by Nakamura Ikumi, creative director for video game publishing company Tango Dreamworks.
SOCIETY
In Japan, It’s Not Just the Elderly Who Die Alone
A shocking discovery in the apartment of a woman in her 30s highlights how a lack of family contact and social ties…
HISTORY
Man of Masks: The Strange Life of Author Mishima Yukio
A youth who found excitement only in books, Mishima Yukio became a brilliant author who challenged his country's sexual mores - until…