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Kodo Nishimura has recently released a book about his experiences, and hopes to raise awareness and spark discussion.

With the government seeking responses to its draft plan on the issue, youth groups have mobilized to help get their opinions heard.

Attempts are being made to enhance the visibility and availability of sign language across the nation.

Lured by higher wages but often burdened by debt to recruiters, Vietnamese are the fastest-growing group of foreign nationals in Japan.

Organizers say they have plans for further actions to advance the cause of Black empowerment.

Pereric Hoegberg wants Japanese fathers to take a more active role in parenting.

In an eastern area of downtown Tokyo, classes are being held in a six-story building promoting Thai language and culture. Kinshicho, in Sumida Ward, has all the trappings of a "Little Bangkok," with Thai import stores, massage shops and restaurants that blend into the city ...

The protester, the party animal, the professional millennial — it seems like the Japanese capital had a place for every foreign stereotype imaginable in the past decade. We look back on a few favorites.

While Halloween has been around in Japan for a few decades it wasn't until recently that it became a true phenomenon, especially at Tokyo's iconic Shibuya crossing.