Asian University For Women Fundraising Event Today!
Support a worthy cause today! Asian University for Women Hosts “Shooting for the Stars” Fundraising Gala Featuring Astronaut Naoko YamazakiTokyo, Japan — The Asian University for Women (AUW) is proud to…
Sakura and the Spirit of France: “LIGHTS OF FRANCE” Exhibition Illuminates Oji This Weekend
As Tokyo’s cherry blossoms reach their peak, the historic district of Ōji in Kita-ku offers more than just floral beauty this weekend. Nestled among the blooming sakura trees, a rare…
The Documentary Black Box Diaries and Marriot International: Who’s Actually Protesting?
The documentary Black Box Diaries has taken the world by storm. It is the story of journalist Shiori Ito, who directed the film. In 2015, the young journalist was raped…
90 Million Yen Settlement for “Women’s Trouble” continues with Nakai Masahiro Losing His Shows
By Tori H. Tale In the December 19th edition of Josei Seven, it was reported that 90 million yen was paid by Nakai Masahiro in a settlement awarded to a…
Emperor Nabetsune Has Passed Away: The Yomiuri Shogun is gone
by Robert Whiting I read with sadness of the passing of Tsuneo Watnabe, the long time shogun of the Yomiuri group, which publishes the Yomiuri Shinbun–(editor note: and also owns…
Is there space on shelves for foreign authors? Book industry professionals give tentative encouragement
Japan is the second largest market for publishing books in the world — a fact that probably comes as no surprise to people living in Japan who only need to…
Japanese Spies, Hollywood Stars and Pearl Harbor
By Ronald Drabkin It’s been a long and unexpected journey—from the moment I discovered my father had been a spy, to seeing my nonfiction book, Rutland, Omae wa Dare Da,…
カルト、腐敗、失敗、そして崩壊。選挙で有権者が懲りない自民党を拒絶。
故安倍晋三元首相の罪悪: 使途不明金、失敗した経済政策、そして旧統一教会との関係が彼の党を追い詰めた。
Election Update: Japan’s Ruling Party Looks Likely to Lose Majority and finds out karma is a bitch.
As the ballots trickle in from Japan’s general election, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) —which is infamously neither liberal nor democratic–is having the kind of night you wouldn’t wish…
The elections in Japan 101 : regime change or LDP 🎉 party
Imagine Japan as a stage and the LDP as the lead actor, playing the same role since 1955, almost like a Broadway star who refuses to age out of their…