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A niche publisher is using Asian literature to bring Taiwan and Japan closer to Ukraine

Written by Filip Noubel

6 days ago

Kendo 101: A beginner’s guide to Japanese sword fighting

Written by Jo Carter

3 weeks ago

Taiwan's Yilan Creole: Revitalizing the only Japanese-based creole language in the world

Written by Abdulrosheed Fadipe

8 May 2025

Japan-born Nepali children struggle to ‘be Nepali’

Written by Nepali Times

30 September 2024

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The true cost of Japan’s Linear bullet train

Popular opposition grows amidst soaring costs and environmental degradation

Written by Justin Aukema

31 January 2024

Widespread labour standards violations among Japanese businesses with so-called technical interns

Migrant workers from South andSoutheast Asia are being exploited

Written by a.matsumoto

16 November 2023

China retaliates as Japan discharges treated radioactive water from Fukushima

Scientific discussions about the safety standard of the discharge are censored

Written by Oiwan Lam

30 August 2023

‘Stop the dump’: Pacific communities protest Japan’s release of treated nuclear water

Scientists monitoring the process say it is safe

Written by Mong Palatino

27 August 2023

Pro-Beijing politicians urge Hong Kong to scrap the Gay Games 2023

Conservatives claim the Games are a national security risk

Written by Oiwan Lam

28 April 2023

Queering the internet: anonymous online spaces for LGBTQ+ people

Amid persecution, violence, or judgement, many queer folks turn online

Written by Sydney Allen

7 February 2023

Amid fears of contamination, Japan will soon dump treated water from Fukushima Nuclear Plant into the Pacific

Reports indicate the discharge is safe and has scientific basis

Written by Mong Palatino, Nevin Thompson

31 January 2023

Chinese police detains a woman wearing Japanese Kimono, sparking outrage on social media

The officer said wearing a Kimono was "picking quarrels and provoking trouble"

Written by Ajiro Shinpei

23 August 2022

Myanmar detains Japanese journalist who covered protest

Toru Kubota is the fifth foreign journalist arrested by the junta

Written by Mong Palatino, Nevin Thompson

20 August 2022

Exploring the Mariko Aoki phenomenon: Do bookstores make you poop?

"Smell stimulation theory" is a compelling hypothesis for the phenomenon

Written by Nevin Thompson

7 May 2022

Japan officially rebukes Ukraine for comparing wartime emperor with Hitler, Mussolini

'What Japan did in World War II resembles what Russia is doing now in Ukraine'

Written by Nevin Thompson

30 April 2022

Japanese fast food exec fired after talk of “hooking young women on meth”

"There is a a longstanding sense of disdain for women" in Japan's advertising industry

Written by Nevin Thompson

23 April 2022

Satellite mapping project tracks damage to Ukrainian communities

'We may be entering an era when it's difficult for the military and politicians to lie'

Written by Nevin Thompson

7 April 2022

Japan's complicated response to the invasion of Ukraine

First to impose sanctions against Putin, Japan resists fully breaking ties

Written by Nevin Thompson

26 March 2022

Japan confronts the problem of ‘mega solar’

Japan’s mega solar is causing some mega headaches

Written by Justin Aukema

6 March 2022

Japan's local rail lines become the latest pandemic victim

Closures continue despite some local rail lines remaining profitable

Written by Justin Aukema

24 February 2022

Travel bans, Japan, and me

Japan has effectively banned non-Japanese visitors since the start of the pandemic

Written by Nevin Thompson

5 February 2022

An overview of Indonesia’s coal export ban and Asia’s energy crisis

Coal companies weren't meeting their domestic sales obligations

Written by Sydney Allen

18 January 2022

Excitement, misgivings over Japan's newest bullet train

Only 66 km of track will be in service, with just three stations

Written by Nevin Thompson

15 January 2022

Japan calls for stricter COVID-19 measures for U.S. military personnel

Japan's COVID-19 measures rely on voluntary compliance and shared social norms

Written by Nevin Thompson

8 January 2022

Despite widespread opposition, Japan plans to dump water from Fukushima plant into the Pacific Ocean

A million tons of contaminated water will be released in two years' time

Written by Mong Palatino, Nevin Thompson

30 December 2021

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