FOOD
Japanese Tea: More Than Matcha
Step into the world of Japanese tea, and learn about the different types, history, and health benefits. There's so much more than…
history
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FOOD
FOOD
Japanese Kitchen Knives: Like Katanas for Your Kitchen
Why are Japanese kitchen knives so popular? Learn the history behind the blades - and how to buy one that's right for…
CULTURE
Ancestral Ainu Remains Returned by Tokyo University
A long fight by Japan's indigenous Ainu results in a hard-won victory - but much more remains to be done.
FEATURED
Japan’s Whiteness Problem, Part 2: The Propaganda Machine
How Japan went from a paternalistic relationship with the US after WWII to a co-dependent one that reified whiteness.
FEATURED
Japan’s Whiteness Problem, Part 1: Colorism
Thalia Harris analyzes Japan's preference for whiteness in foreigners, where it comes from, and why it continues to persist.
JAPANESE LANGUAGE
Japanese Writing: The Kanji Debate of the Meiji Period
The story of how modern Japanese came to assume its current written form - and how kanji nearly got left on the…
JAPANESE LANGUAGE
What’s Up With Okinawan Names? A Language History
Why are Okinawan names difficult for even mainland Japanese speakers? How the languages of the Ryukyu kingdom survived - despite attempts to…
FEATURED
Black Dragon Society: Japan’s Secret Imperialist Clique
How the Black Dragon Society of right-wing nationalists and pan-Asianists pushed Japan ever further rightward prior to World War II.