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Japan Moves to End Child Marriage
‘Aesthetics Japan’ Tweets the Beauty of Japan, From Neon Lights to Misty Mountaintops
An Introduction to #MeToo in Japan
S Korean President to Meet Former Comfort Women Amid Row With Japan – Reports
Twitter Japan is Not a Safe Space for Minority Users
Japan Supports Iran Nuclear Deal, Confirms No Violations by Tehran
Asia’s Other Nuclear Standoff
By roping India and Japan into its standoff with China, the U.S. is raising the nuclear stakes in Asia — including, dangerously, between India and Pakistan.
Japan Forces Sterilization on Transgender People
Japanese Students Practice Taking Cover for Missiles Passing Overhead. But What About a Direct Attack?
Watch a Short History of Japan’s Frighteningly Good Horror Films
Yakuza: A Brief Introduction to the World of Japanese Mafia
Japan (Sputnik) – With its origins dating back to the early days of Tokugawa shogunate, the Japanese Yakuza remains one of the most prosperous and probably the world’s wealthiest organized crime group. Today yakuza groups in Japan number over 100,000 members; for comparison’s sake,…
Japanese Politician Pressures School Principal About the Use of History Textbook that Explains the ‘Comfort Women’ Issue
(GV) – On Friday, August 4, 2017, the topic of history textbooks took over Japanese Twitter. The phrase “why was this textbook selected” (教科書なぜ採択) briefly trended on Twitter after a local newspaper in Kobe in western Japan reported that a local politician…
One vs. Eight Hundred: China’s First Overseas Naval Base
(SCF) – In the West, no one, especially not in the US, pays any attention to the fact that a net of about 800 American military bases has been cast over every country and continent on earth. There are 172 of…
Japan Can Do More On Refugee Resettlement
(HRW) – When looking for solutions to the global refugee crisis, Japan is often identified as a country that could do more. It contributes generously to the United Nations refugee agency but does very little in terms of recognizing asylum seekers in…