The Vietnam Temple offers spiritual and practical support to Japan's Vietnamese community
A yellow-colored Buddhist temple adorned with flags and golden dragons on its pointed roofs in a quiet town outside Tokyo presents a stark contrast to the typically somber-looking Buddhist places ...
AFWJ celebrates 50 years of uniting women
Members of the Association of Foreign Wives of Japanese reflect on the group's achievements and progress.
There are around 600 steps that you can climb to get to the main deck of Tokyo Tower. Those who've signed up for the TELL Tokyo Tower Climb, however, have ...
Community and deals at the Oi Racecourse Flea Market
Oi Racecourse Flea Market is a mismatch of stalls and sellers that is a surprisingly exciting insight into a different side of Tokyo.
Meet the women reframing black femininity in Japanese spaces
Ebony Bowens and Tynelle Pozdnyakov dip into Japanese fashion subcultures in an effort to challenge stereotypes and have a little fun while doing it.
A Sophia University student group is building the bridges that refugees need
The Sophia Refugee Support Group offers an opportunity to meet the locals in cafes and classes, and for those in detention centers they provide a sympathetic ear.
The technical side of visiting asylum-seekers in a detention center
No food, lots of ID and a multitude of paperwork: There are lots of regulations when visiting people being held at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau.
Tokyo's 'Little Yangon': Once a safe haven, now a home
Fearing persecution from a government crackdown, a group of refugees came to Japan to start anew. Now they have built a community that focuses the best their culture has to offer.
Seven lessons from a Japanese morality textbook
The textbooks students in Japan use to learn wrong from right are filled with stories of invoices, citizen committees, petitions and other cool stuff kids like.
What makes a good teacher? It depends on who you ask
When considering your role as a teacher it is best to think about what your students and employer want, and don't forget to take cultural differences into account.
Bonnie Jinmon has spent a decade fighting human trafficking: 'I want my work to be bigger'
Human trafficking is just as much a problem in Japan as it is in other countries. One American woman has decided to fight it and she hopes you will, too.
'Love it or leave it' is not a real choice
When U.S. President Donald Trump told four congresswomen of color they could "go back" where they came from if they weren't happy, some of us in Japan recognized the line as being one used here for far too long.
