HISTORY
Shigenobu Fusako, Japanese Red Army Leader, to be Released from Prison this Month
After twenty years, Shigenobu Fusako, the face of the infamous international Japanese Red Army, will see the end of her prison sentence.
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HISTORY
WOMEN
Karoshi of Love: Job Satisfaction Exploitation and “Women’s Work” in Japan
A recent case of bakers working karoshi (death by overwork) hours leads our author to see ties between labor exploitation and "woman's…
LAW & CRIME
Upskirts Cases Skyrocket in Japan
Nonconsensual photography is becoming a big problem in Japan. Who are the perps - and what can be done to curtail it?
HISTORY
Queer Echoes: Koike Chikyoku, Unlikely Warrior Artist
The story of a little-know artist-turned-warrior during the waning days of the samurai -- and who just might have been a queer…
BOOK REVIEWS
Review: “Black Box: The Memoir That Sparked Japan’s #MeToo Movement”
Ito Shiori's arresting memoir, Black Box, has been credited with starting #metoo in Japan. Now her seminal book has a superlative new…
BOOK REVIEWS
Review: Coed Revolution: The Female Student in the Japanese New Left
Chelsea Szendi Schieder's new book deftly and fascinatingly reframes the history of Japan's New Left around the women who contributed so much…
WOMEN
“Beware of Gropers”: Anti-Molestation Latte Art Collaboration Draws Fierce Criticism
Rather than actually help catch molesters, an Osaka police department instead helped create latte art telling people to "be careful"
ENTERTAINMENT
The Game That Sparked a Quasi-National Holiday in Japan
How a new game release proved so distracting that a handful of companies decided just to give all their employees the day…