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COMMUNITY

Our Lives
How-tos
Issues
Voices
In Japan on a scholarship he fought hard for, Oscar Ruto found himself needing to take a break and headed into Tokyo for a weekend of partying.
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
'I wasn't always an alcoholic … and then I was'
By Oscar Ruto
As the party season draws near, it's important to deal with yearend stress in healthier ways.
Filmmaker and teacher Karl Neubert says he enjoys working with vintage lenses because they can capture a more cinematic look.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Karl Neubert: 'The joy a student finds in their debut film is a constant source of pride'
By William Meerwarth
Filmmaker and teacher Karl Neubert discusses his role as an educator to the next generation of artists and how 30 years in Japan has shaped his work.
As a young man, preserving the 400-year-old Ueda Soko Ryu tea ceremony school, which had survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, was always on Soko Ueda's mind.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
‘Life is for being who I am — not who others expect me to be’
By Kimberly Hughes
A soon-to-be 17th-generation tea ceremony grandmaster shares the journey he took in embracing his family heritage and preserving a Hiroshima tradition.

Voices

In Japan on a scholarship he fought hard for, Oscar Ruto found himself needing to take a break and headed into Tokyo for a weekend of partying.
Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
'I wasn't always an alcoholic … and then I was'
By Oscar Ruto
As the party season draws near, it's important to deal with yearend stress in healthier ways.
Voices / Black Eye
An OG's tips for Japan: Create beauty and don't fake your smile
By Baye McNeil
Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Figuring out the rules at a Japanese community pool can be an ongoing education
By Andreas Neuenkirchen
Voices / Black Eye
A note to people of color interested in living in Japan
By Baye McNeil
Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Filling in the cracks: Japan’s shifting perspective on disability employment
By William Lang
Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Anger, joy and feelings of pride: Tokyo's biggest LGBTQ event returns in full form
By Kat Joplin
Voices / BLACK EYE
Black people of Japan, we need to talk.
By Baye McNeil

Issues

Over four days in September, Japan Soca Weekend brought together the Tokyo area's Caribbean community for dance parties, outdoor blowouts and a crowning Carnival festival on a racetrack in Chiba.
Issues
‘Peak happiness’ at the first Japan Caribbean Carnival
By Samantha Mythen
For Japan’s Caribbean community, Carnival provides a deep sense of community and offers a cure for homesickness.
Issues / Learning Curve
Every situation is different on JET, but they're all similarly rewarding
By Erik M. Jacobs
Issues
A diaspora remembers the disaster that forged it
By Chitose Nakagawa
Issues
Peacemaking of a different sort in Okinawa
By Lance Henderstein
Issues
Amnesty International Japan wants your help in supporting human rights
By Louise George Kittaka
Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Fleeing disaster a century ago, a group of Indians established a community in Kobe
Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
'In Nojiri, I have never felt like a foreigner'
By Talisker Scott Hunter

How-tos

In some cases, it's up to individual foreign residents to understand the unique tax implications of their home countries and Japan in order to avoid a penny-pinching retirement.
How-tos / Age Wise
Retiring in Japan? Be prepared to foot your own bills.
By Tim Hornyak
“In an ideal world, everyone should have retirement planning on their radar as soon as possible when working life begins.”
How-tos
Freelancers aren’t happy with Japan’s new invoice system
By Eric Margolis
How-tos
How to avoid medical purgatory when hospitalized in Japan
By Kat Joplin
How-tos
Navigating the notorious gauntlet of divorce in Japan
By Eric Margolis
How-tos
The My Number card has some real benefits. Is it time you got yours?
By Eric Margolis
How-tos
Help wanted: The (sleeper) agent of change
By Rochelle Kopp
How-tos
Listen up! Podcasts can help with that perennial resolution to learn Japanese
By Jennifer O'Donnell

Our Lives

Tokyo now boasts five different Quidditch teams, while universities in Osaka and Kyoto also play host to their own clubs.
Issues / The Foreign Element
'Accio broomstick!' Quidditch is back and open to everyone
By Shyam Bhardwa
From relatively humble beginnings, Quidditch has continued to grow in popularity across Japan.
Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Cats Jatz and Biscotti are the best of friends
Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Tora and Timothy are a cat and dog who love to chill
Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
‘Horror has always been a vehicle to talk about social problems’
By Matt Schley
Our Lives
Documentary shines a spotlight on Japan’s single mothers
By Louise George Kittaka
Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Good looks, a loving heart and all this Jazz
Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Lily the cat will make a sweet addition to your home
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A new wave of Chinese elites is flocking to Japan
Toyosu, a reclaimed area and former industrial zone in the Tokyo Bay area, has become popular with a new wave of Chinese immigrants for its breathtaking views of the Tokyo skyline.
Japan is enticing for digital nomads, but visa hurdles remain
Akina Shu has visited around 50 countries as a speaker and ambassador on the digital nomad lifestyle since 2020.
Reluctant CEO becomes billionaire at Netflix rival in Japan
Yasuhide Uno, Usen-Next Holdings CEO, has transformed his father’s company into Netflix’s biggest competitor in Japan.
Children of Jehovah’s Witnesses submit report detailing sexual abuse
Ayuko Kato, minister in charge of child policies. A group of children of Jehovah’s Witnesses have submitted a report to the Child and Family Agency detailing sexual abuse.
Wasabi effective in improving memory of elderly: study
A research has found that hexaraphane — a component found in wasabi — helps improve the episodic and working memories of elderly people.
Children of Jehovah’s Witnesses submit report detailing sexual abuse
Ayuko Kato, minister in charge of child policies. A group of children of Jehovah’s Witnesses have submitted a report to the Child and Family Agency detailing sexual abuse.
Japan is enticing for digital nomads, but visa hurdles remain
Akina Shu has visited around 50 countries as a speaker and ambassador on the digital nomad lifestyle since 2020.
Nature-focused theme park to open in Okinawa in 2025
A rendering of the new Junglia theme park scheduled to open in Okinawa in 2025
Japan to start trial of over-the-counter sales of morning-after pills
Customers look at products on display outside a drug store in Tokyo on Friday. As part of a trial, 145 stores nationwide will be allowed to sell morning-after pills until the end of March.
Bedbugs are spreading in South Korea and China. Is Japan next?
A bed bug in Paris in September

Podcast

An official shot for this year’s lineup for NHK’s annual “Kohaku Uta Gassen.”
Things get warmer with Xi; Johnny’s get the cold shoulder

Longform

Yoshiko Koide sits in a classroom at Nagoya College where she teaches a Japanese-language observation seminar.
How a dictionary came to spark outrage among the web’s otaku
By Thu-Huong Ha and Yukana Inoue

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