From Children of Men to The Handmaid’s Tale, contemporary culture has always had a fascination with fertility and its relationship with...

As Japan’s new Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, comes into office, uncertainty surrounds his foreign policy. So far, he has expressed...

For all but four years since its formation in 1955, Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has maintained a firm grip on Japanese...

The surprise announcement of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s resignation in August has renewed an international debate over the...

Japan is opening its doors. After a long tradition of stringent immigration policies that severely limited the number of foreigners...

Diapers may be Japan’s most pressing issue of 2019. The Japanese diaper industry is booming, so what is the problem? Japan sells more...

Universal health care can transform a country. In Japan, the kokumin kaihoken insurance system has led to the world’s highest life...

After the Japanese annexation of the Korean peninsula in 1910, many Koreans migrated to Japan—some voluntarily, others by force. During...

Trains aren’t sexy. They’re those lumbering, screaming steel cages billowing smoke as they rumble slowly along to their destination. Or...

Since the beginning of the ongoing North Korea crisis, Donald Trump’s rhetoric has only caused tensions to rise. However, promises of...

Since coming into office, US President Donald Trump has signed multiple executive orders attempting to repeal the policies enacted by...

Manga, Japan’s infamous cartoon characters, are now being employed as something new: military weapons. The display of charming, young...

Jun, an eighteen-year-old student from a Tokyo suburb, was in despair. He had just failed the entrance examination for the national...

In recent years, the Japanese population has challenged its government’s policies in public rallies on an unprecedented scale. Just this...

Ever since the end of the 35-year Japanese occupation of Korea in 1945 and the nearly unparalleled horrors of the Korean War, South...

Last week, Japan’s upper chamber of parliament approved new guidelines to allow the country’s military “to engage in overseas combat...

Over the past few years, the European Union has become increasingly vocal in its criticism of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians,...

On March 31, the Shibuya ward in Tokyo became the first district in Japan to recognize same-sex marriage. The Shibuya district will now...

One of the many complex repercussions of Japan’s turbulent 1960s, the abduction of Japanese civilians by North Korea, is still a potent...

In spite of distance and lack of discussion in the news media, the East Asian nation of Japan has played a very important role in the...