The Outliers and the Crazies
A new art movement in Tokyo seeks to help Japanese young people find their individuality.
All posts by Andrea Moser
A Kick in the Butt for Japanese Work Culture
The Third Way Forum was launched in 2018 with the participation of fifty people. They are dedicated to shaping a new corporate culture for Japan which will be inclusive of international employees.
Japan Loses Control Over Its Soft Power
“Japan was postmodern before postmodernism was cool” wrote Douglas McGray in Foreign Policy magazine. While that may be true, Japan has lost control of its own major cultural exports.
Flower Demo: A Time To Heal
The #MeToo movement has reached Japan and highlighted the unsavory reality of the female harassment which exists in abundance.
Brazilian-Japanese Still Struggling to Integrate
In the 1980s, Brazilians of Japanese heritage immigrated to the country as an initial attempt to meet Japan’s demographic challenge, but the policy resulted in only a mixed success, creating an ethnic community that still struggles to be a full part of Japanese society.
“The Bananas Have the Blood of the Workers!”
The company Sumifru, affiliated with Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation, has found itself in hot water over its alleged human rights violations against banana plantation workers in the Philippines.
