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False Claim of “Muslim Lunches” Makes Japan’s Kitakyushu a Hate Target

No, the city of Kitakyushu isn't offering "Muslim lunches" to students. Other schools in Japan, however, have - and with heartwarming results.

The woman, an employee of cosmetics maker D-Up, said the company's president called her a "stray dog" before putting her on leave.

A simple misunderstanding led some Japanese citizens to protest an initiative they worry will lead to a flood of African immigrants.

Japan has one of the lowest rates of gun crime in the world. How did it start, and how has it stayed that way?

An attorney who represents families in disability cases explains how gaps in the law leave some disabled students stranded.

In Japan, schools are supposed to make all reasonable accommodations for disabled students. One student says it wasn't so easy.

Japan wants more women to give birth to counteract its declining birth rate. That's hard to do when nursery schools are rapidly shuttering.

Following in the wake of the Nakai Masahiro scandal, another pop/TV star stands accused of multiple acts of harassment against staff.

The Kurdish community in Kawaguchi faces growing hostility, blamed by locals for neighborhood unrest. But how do they see it?