Japanese spouses can’t legally have separate last names. The head of the Keidanren, Japan’s most powerful business group, says that’s impeding the success of women in Japanese business – and he’s calling on the government to fix it.
A popular Japanese politician with Taiwanese roots made waves when she announced her bid for the governor’s office of Tokyo. The response from her opponents was as predictable as it was tired.
Since 1969, the Association of Shinto Shrines has overseen most shrines in Japan. But ongoing controversies are driving some away.
Only a little over a year has gone by since the assassination of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo. Now, the Japanese government looks to deal a major blow to the Unification Church – the object of his assassin’s ire.
A controversial author and social media bomb-thrower best known for denying the Nanjing Massacre launches a new political party. The key question is: does anyone care?
Ikeda Daisaku, one of the most powerful political fixers and religious leaders in Japan, hasn’t been seen in public since 2010. Where is he?
Police arrested an Osaka man on suspicion of making online threats. And then arrested him again. Turns out they had the wrong guy all along.
A woman was refused public assistance in the city of Anjo and told to “go home” despite being in desperate economic straits.
In a continued exclusive for Unseen Japan, Jake Adelstein reflects on writing Tokyo Vice, his true-to-life memoir on the Japanese underworld that spawned the hit HBO show.
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