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WOMEN

Let ‘Em Sew: Flight Attendants and Sexism in Japan’s COVID-19 Crisis

A comment by a government official that (mostly female) flight attendants on furlough would be sewing hospital gowns was news to the…

SOCIETY

Japan’s Night Workers Left Adrift in COVID-19 Response

The Abe government's complicated COVID-19 compensation plan leaves out a lot of people - including most of the women who work in…

POLITICS

The Young, Immigrants Targeted in Japan’s COVID-19 Crisis

As Japan's COVID-19 crisis escalates, its youth and foreign residents become targets of right-wing politicians and the country's mass media.

SOCIETY

Community Restores Defaced Japanese Incarceration Memorial at US College

An act of censorship by a high-ranking college administrator caused outrage in a Seattle-area community - and brought attention to the area's…

CULTURE

The Struggle for Japan’s Returnee Kids

Kids who study outside of Japan are often lauded for their skills and experience - while also facing subtle (and not-so-subtle) discrimination.

SOCIETY

Another Japanese Medical School Changed Women’s Scores

Another Japanese medical university stands accused of rigging its admission process in an attempt to keep women and other "less desirable" candidates…

WOMEN

Group Chooses Japanese Politician’s Most Sexist Statements of 2019

A group of Japanese feminists wants the public to vote on the worst anti-female and anti-LGBT statement of the year. Here are…

RACE IN JAPAN

University of Tokyo Professor Criticized for Anti-Chinese Tweets

A Japanese professor and business leader's discriminatory remarks towards Chinese people causes a backlash - and costs his company business.