CULTURE
Aokigahara, Japan’s “Suicide Forest”: Drowning in a Sea of Trees
Why has Aokigahara, a forest full of legend and history, gained notoriety as a haven of death?
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CULTURE
SOCIETY
Is Japan’s Bullying Problem Overblown?
Japan has gained a reputation in the West for being a nation of bullies. But do the facts back that up?
HISTORY
The Student Deployment: When Japan Threw Its Youth Away
When Japan found itself in desperate straits in 1943, it used the one untapped resource it had left: its college youth. A…
SOCIETY
The Shocking Consequences of Mental Illness Stigma in Japan
Despite having a fairly efficient health care system, Japan lags behind in providing both awareness and support for mentally ill people.
NEWS
Logan Paul and the “Casual Racism” of Weird Japan
After Logan Paul's infamous Aokigahara video, the English-language internet woke up to something Japan watchers had long called 'weird Japan': a brand…