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Japanese makeup guru on crusade to revamp men's grooming habits

National / Social Issues | GENERATIONAL CHANGE Feb 10, 2019

Japanese makeup guru on crusade to revamp men's grooming habits

by Tomohiro Osaki

As a university student, Hiroki Takahashi could barely step outside his home without a surgical mask on. Even when he did venture out, he was terrified of the fluorescent lighting ubiquitous in convenience stores and trains that ruthlessly illuminated what he was desperately trying ...

Japanese volunteer's initiative allows Cambodians to see future beyond dumps where they scavenged

National / Social Issues | GENERATIONAL CHANGE Jan 15, 2019

Japanese volunteer's initiative allows Cambodians to see future beyond dumps where they scavenged

by Magdalena Osumi

In Anlong Pi, a village on the outskirts of famous tourist destination Siem Reap in northwestern Cambodia, a group of women gather each day to peel bark from 3-meter-long sections of banana tree trunks. The bark pulp taken during the process, akin to peeling ...

Yuzuriha support center in Tokyo helps abuse victims get back on track

National / Social Issues | GENERATIONAL CHANGE Dec 10, 2018

Yuzuriha support center in Tokyo helps abuse victims get back on track

by Sakura Murakami

Open the door to a small studio tucked away on a street near Kokubunji Station in western Tokyo on a Friday evening, and you'll find a group of young adults making jam or Japanese ponzu citrus-based sauce as they chat quietly amongst themselves. The scene ...

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Hideki Kawakita doesn't look like your average real estate agent. Dressed in jeans and a T-shirt spotted with bright purple and yellow illustrations, he looks more like a traveler, or maybe a writer. Perhaps it is precisely his unpretentious manner that has allowed him to single-handedly ...

Panasonic employee drives innovation by connecting young, enterprising new entrants to Japan's workforce

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by Mizuho Aoki

It's often difficult for people to maintain the enterprising spirit they had when they first entered the workplace, fresh out of university. Especially in a large company it is difficult for people's voices are heard, and often they feel isolated as there are not many ...

Young social entrepreneur seeks to help asylum-seekers integrate into Japanese society, even while they're in limbo

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by Chisato Tanaka

It's tough for asylum-seekers to keep their hopes up in Japan, where only 1 in every 1,000 applicants was granted refugee status last year. While waiting, which takes more than 10 months on average, they practically have nothing to do. Only those whom the Justice ...

In Kanagawa, homeless grow crops and confidence

National | GENERATIONAL CHANGE Apr 9, 2018

In Kanagawa, homeless grow crops and confidence

by Magdalena Osumi

Kiyoko Ojima awoke to the problems of the needy while in elementary school, when she came across a TV documentary about trying to find solutions to starvation in Africa. "I wanted to help those who are starving by growing crops," she said of her passion ...

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by Hiroko Nakata

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