The Link Between Hokkaido and Egypt
Foreign resident works to bring Japanese education to his native city in Egypt
Category Archives: Society
Feeding the Homeless in Ikebukuro
NPO Tenohasi and Japan Islamic Trust cooperate to serve Tokyo’s most needy residents.
Black Lives Matter in Tokyo
Protesters march as part of Black Lives Matter movement in Tokyo on August 6, 2016.
Brunei Scam Takes In Hiroshima Survivor
Japanese businessmen allege that they fell victim to an elaborate set of confidence schemes in the Southeast Asian state of Brunei.
Building a New Mosque in Chiba
The Japan Islamic Trust purchases land in Chiba Prefecture to begin construction of a new mosque to serve the local community.
Hollywood Auctioneer Touches Base with Japan
Hollywood memorabilia auctioneer and collector Joe Maddalena explains the appeal of his rapidly growing industry
Japan’s Woeful Record on Gender Equality
Then-Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi set a goal of having women occupy 30% of leadership positions by 2020, but Japan will come nowhere close.
Reporting from Kumamoto
A personal memoir of the Kumamoto earthquake, reflecting both on the challenges of one-man reporting as well as the experience of being there.
Shioya Resists Role as Fukushima Radiation Dump
As the Japanese nation approaches the fifth anniversary of the March 11 tragedy, the burden of dealing with the widespread radioactive contamination from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster continues to expand. Now this issue is seriously impacting even a small community in Tochigi Prefecture called Shioya.
Shioya’s Struggle against Fukushima Radiation
One small town’s desperate fight to prevent their community becoming a dump for highly radioactive materials from Fukushima.
