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.
Some people in Japan don’t want women to have easy access to an abortion pill. One of them? The country’s chief gynecologist.
5000 Japanese women discuss the politicians they want out of government, revealing a litany of controversy and public gaffes.
Mori Yoshiro’s derogatory statements about women, some critics say, are reflective of much more systemic problems in Japan.
We’ve heard Western pundits heap praise on Japan’s response to the pandemic. But people actually living in Japan tell a very different story.
Restaurants and bars are the Japanese government’s latest scapegoat as it declares a new state of emergency with little economic assistance.
As Japan deals with its worst moment of the COVID-19 crisis, its government seems more focused on getting people to make babies.
Former Japan PM Abe Shinzo may no longer be in office but the public is still demanding accountability in a serious financial scandal.
How did Japan react to the unfolding chaos of the 2020 US Presidential election? And how will its leaders deal with a Biden cabinet?
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