Japan’s temples are an integral part of the country’s traditional culture. For the majority of us, visits are usually limited to specific events such as New Year’s Eve, or perhaps as part of a sightseeing agenda if the temple is a famous one. The ...
Nobody here on the Community page has weighed in on Japan’s Upper House election last July 10, so JBC will have a go. The conclusion first: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe scored a hat trick this election, and it reaffirmed his mandate to do whatever ...
In a few weeks, my daughter, an American-Japanese dual national born, raised and mostly educated in Japanese in Japan, will begin her first year of higher learning at her dream school — Middlebury College, one of America’s oldest liberal arts institutes. Located in the ...
This month, a week of questions about paid leave. Here are some of the most frequently asked questions about the issue, and their answers.
As the Eiken Foundation tries to meet the demands of a growing number of test-takers, what do students, parents and teachers make of the tests?
Six years after leak that revealed the scope of the government's profiling and spying program, community still feels under siege.
Once part of a panopticon-like system in which everyone would feel that they were being monitored but could also participate in the monitoring process, the kosei is now showing its age.
For some long-term residents, how they are referred to in Japanese is a bone of contention.
Without details on how to bridge the chasm that divides irregular and regular workers, PM Abe's target is hot air.
Family registry system can seem schizophrenic but its authority keeps citizens out of the courts.
Contentious law has been cited in two recent cases, including one over the mass surveillance of resident Muslims.
Critics argue that the Eiken proficiency exams focus too heavily on vocabulary, grammar and the written word at the expense of fluency.
