Whitewashing racial bias: The ball's in Japan's court
In what felt something like a case of deja vu from last year's Masatoshi Hamada blackface fiasco, Japan welcomed in 2019 with yet another racially insensitive controversy, this time in ...
Japanese law needs to catch up with the realities of trans life
Last month, the Supreme Court ruled that the current law for gender transition is constitutional, though it registered that this law may fail to align with our current society. The law requires people wishing to change their official gender to be unmarried, have no ...
Before returning from your trip back home, you'll have a big choice to make
Whenever friends of mine return home for a visit, they've all told me they're confronted by one nagging question when they're there: Should I just stay, or should I go back? I like it here in Tokyo, yet I'm sometimes surprised that other non-Japanese people ...
How was your 2018, and are you looking forward to 2019?
Maria Bueno Working in Japan, Spanish The best thing about 2018 was traveling. I live in Japan so I had opportunities to travel around Asia. I visited Nepal and had a great experience. My main goal for 2019 is to learn Japanese because I've been living ...
