Japanese Language
Japanese Writing: The Kanji Debate of the Meiji Period
The story of how modern Japanese came to assume its current written form - and how kanji nearly got left on the…
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Japanese Language
Japanese Language
What’s Up With Okinawan Names? A Language History
Why are Okinawan names difficult for even mainland Japanese speakers? How the languages of the Ryukyu kingdom survived - despite attempts to…
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Black Dragon Society: Japan’s Secret Imperialist Clique
How the Black Dragon Society of right-wing nationalists and pan-Asianists pushed Japan ever further rightward prior to World War II.
Women
Doc: Women in Japan Can’t Be Trusted with Morning After Pill
Japanese Twitter erupts as a leading doctor in the country says sex education is too "inadequate" to let women obtain levonorgestrel over…
History
Hosono Masabumi: The Shunned Survivor of the Titanic
How Japan's lone passenger on the Titanic survived - and the ridicule and judgment he faced upon his return.
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Sakamoto Ryoma: The Samurai Who Forged a New Japan
Learn about how a low-ranking samurai, Sakamoto Ryoma, helped bring down the Shogunate - and why he lost his life for it.
Entertainment
How The Kremlin Saved Kurosawa Akira
Japanese film maestro Akira Kurosawa was at his lowest point - and then the Soviets stepped in.
Society
Sexual Assault by Trusted Caregivers in Japan Rising
Sexual abuse by teachers and caregivers in Japan appears to be rising. Advocates say one reason is a major systemic flaw in…