Home Japan’s migrants are not allowed to go ‘home’ In Japan, COVID-19 shifted the meaning of ‘home’ overnight with devastating effects on the transnational lives of migrants. By Shiori Shakuto and Flavia Baldari / 3 Nov 2020
Home Japan's protestors puncture the Western myth of political consensus Activism is alive and well in Japan, despite a media narrative of a depoliticised society. By Annina Claesson / 13 Jun 2019
China, East & SE Asia Japan, the place with the strangest drug debate in the world Despite its relatively low drug abuse figures, the Japanese system is failing to treat addicts. By Johann Hari / 11 May 2018
China, East & SE Asia #MeToo in Japan: 'I was told not to bring shame on the country, with my story’ Journalist Shiori Ito spoke about her own experience of sexual assault in 2017 – a year marked by allegations against powerful men. Then came the backlash. By Aya Takeuchi / 28 Mar 2018