A leaked video from ALT dispatch company Interac admonishing employees for taking sick days – during a pandemic – has caused some uproar.
Learn what led to the development of the Japanese rice cooker and how it found a home in just about every Japanese household.
The literal definition of the Japanese suffix “-zoku” translates to “tribe”. However, it takes on a more nebulous meaning when describing subcultures in modern and contemporary Japan.
Our author discusses how the pandemic has laid bare elements of how the Japanese public and government perceive the foreign residents in their midst.
YouTuber Mentalist Daigo caused a furor after saying he valued the lives of cats over the homeless. Yet a lack of care for the unhoused is no rare thing in Japan.
A government app designed to spot residency card forgeries puts the foreign community of Japan on edge, increasing feelings of alienation.
As the Olympics loom, Japanese-language Twitter explodes in anger at the Japanese government’s insistence of sports over safety.
The billionaire former CEO of ZOZO will be the first Japanese civilian to visit the ISS
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