POLITICS
What Does Japan Think of the 2020 US Presidential Election?
How did Japan react to the unfolding chaos of the 2020 US Presidential election? And how will its leaders deal with a…
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POLITICS
ENTERTAINMENT
Oscars Exhibit Gives Miyazaki the Recognition He Never Wanted
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures' first exhibit is all about Miyazaki. But the master director and the Oscars have a complex…
LAW & CRIME
Japan Gun Laws Spur Astonishing Okinawa Crime
A recent robbery in Okinawa highlights something of a trend in generally gun-less Japan: crimes committed with imitation weaponry.
RACE IN JAPAN
Video: Black Lives Matter in Japan
We talk with an organizer of the Black Lives Matter march in Osaka about her work - and how she hopes things…
HISTORY
The Tragedy of the Ehime Maru
How an avoidable tragedy strained relations between Japan and the US - and how the families of those lost struggled to cope…
POLITICS
All That Corn: Did Abe Con The Japanese Public on US Trade Deal?
Thanks to Trump and Abe, Japan will suddenly have a lot more corn. But does it actually need it?
SOCIETY
Japanese Student and Others Speak Out Over US School’s Mushroom Cloud Logo
Japanese people wonder: Why does a school in America revel in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people by calling themselves…
NEWS
“Me Whole, Your Drink is Ready!” – Or, Why Japanese Names and American Coffee Shops Don’t Mix
When my wife first moved from Tokyo to the United States, she spent her first week in America with me in Las…