POLITICS
How Can Japan Better Prepare for the Next Pandemic?
A foreign resident of Japan gives a street-level view on the country's COVID-19 response - and how it could better prepare for…
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POLITICS
A foreign resident of Japan gives a street-level view on the country's COVID-19 response - and how it could better prepare for…
WOMEN
A comment by a government official that (mostly female) flight attendants on furlough would be sewing hospital gowns was news to the…
VIDEO
Sachiko Ishikawa explains how Japan's "head of household" system works, and we discuss how this puts women in Japan at a disadvantage.
VIDEO
"How do you protect your daughter when you can't even convince your own husband?" A discussion of a challenge facing many Japanese…
SOCIETY
The Abe government's complicated COVID-19 compensation plan leaves out a lot of people - including most of the women who work in…
WOMEN
Japan's government says it wants women to shine. But a working Japanese mom argues they always have: Japanese men - including her…
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
While some companies offer them, Japan as a whole doesn't give workers guaranteed sick days. That's complicating its complicated response to COVID-19.
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
Osaka Prefecture will implement a clever method to stop employees from putting in overtime. But will it do anything to change the…