JP Twitter Rages: “You’ll Kill Everyone for the Olympics?!”
As the Olympics loom, Japanese-language Twitter explodes in anger at the Japanese government’s insistence of sports over safety.
As the Olympics loom, Japanese-language Twitter explodes in anger at the Japanese government’s insistence of sports over safety.
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As xenophobia ramps up during COVID-19, we take a deep dive into the history of the Japanese image of a dangerous, “anti-Japanese” China.
A foreign resident of Japan gives a street-level view on the country’s COVID-19 response – and how it could better prepare for the next pandemic.
A comment by a government official that (mostly female) flight attendants on furlough would be sewing hospital gowns was news to the flight attendants.
Sachiko Ishikawa explains how Japan’s “head of household” system works, and we discuss how this puts women in Japan at a disadvantage.
From free high-speed wi-fi to shamizen serenades, enterprising bar owners in Japan are going virtual to soften the damage wrought by COVID-19.
The Abe government’s complicated COVID-19 compensation plan leaves out a lot of people – including most of the women who work in Japan’s nightlife.
As Japan’s COVID-19 crisis escalates, its youth and foreign residents become targets of right-wing politicians and the country’s mass media.
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