Understanding racial issues is key to knowing America's history and, through that, modern Japan's, says Keiko Shirakawa.

On occasion, I still get asked this question: Of what value is a column dedicated exclusively to black issues — particularly here in Japan? Generally the query comes from the kind of people who, upon hearing "Black Lives Matter" proclaimed, want to answer "All Lives ...

I decided it was time to find out about the true state of scholarship in Japan pertaining to Africans and the African diaspora, and the people behind it.

The most common question you'll likely be asked upon making a new Japanese acquaintance is "Why did you come to Japan?" In 13 years here I've been asked this question by our hosts hundreds of times. My response has varied so much over the years ...

Black Eye speaks with professionals trained to offer guidance to those struggling to cope with a new environment.

With an otaku's giddiness, Baye McNeil speaks with Nsenda Lukumwena, an authority on Japanese buildings and head of an architectural firm in Kobe.

Back in the summer of 2015, I did a series of articles where I profiled black women married to Japanese men, discussing the highs and lows of building and maintaining such relationships, as well as the rewards and challenges of raising biracial children here ...

Amina du Jean been in Japan for only 2½ years, but in that time has become a bona fide idol, joined a J-idol group and even branched off into a bit of gravure (bikini) modeling.

"Am I the only one who gets frisked five times a year?" was a question posed on Facebook by a black man living in Tokyo last year, as he related the harassment he's received at the hands of Tokyo's finest over the years.

American 'joshi puroresu' follows her dreams and finds fresh challenges in the 'mecca of wrestling'