WOMEN
Ichikawa Fusae: The First Woman of Japanese Politics
In an age when women had few rights, Ichikawa Fusae fought for hers - and used her hard won career to give…
feminism
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WOMEN
CULTURE
Valentine’s Day in Japan: Vaunted Tradition or Sexist Standard?
Why is a popular Japanese chocolate-giving tradition once rooted in gratitude and appreciation now being called out as a form of power…
PATREON
“Furariimen”: The Japanese Men Who Avoid Returning from Work
As Japanese wives demand more participation from their husbands in home life, some husbands are responding by simply not going home.
POLITICS
Resistance and Acceptance in the Allied Occupation of Japan
How the Allied Occupation plunged Japan into a national Five Stages of Grief - and how it permanently changed Japanese society and…
SOCIETY
Idol Yamaguchi Maho Forced to Apologize for Her Own Sexual Assault
A Japanese idol management company comes under fire after ignoring an attempted sexual assault on one of its stars - and then…
WOMEN
Kimura Komako: The Dancing Feminist
Born in an era in Japan when women's rights were more oppressed than ever, Kimura Komako never gave up the fight -…
WOMEN
Murasaki Shikibu: The First Lady of Japanese Literature
How a grieving widow came to write two classics of world literature: a sprawling novel, and an 11th-century Twitter account.
FEATURED
Kizuna Ai: How Her Sexist Usage Offended Women in Japan
Is anime "The New Orientalism"? How a Twitter controversy over Kizuna Ai had Japanese women questioning how the media depicts them.