Commentary / Japan Mar 9, 2020
From forced disruption to a new beginning
by Yoko Ishikura
The forced disruption of daily activities in Japan is a blessing in disguise that can move the nation forward and change its way of doing things.
Commentary / Japan Aug 5, 2019
Can telework ease peer pressure in Japan?
by Noriyuki Yanagawa
Giving employees greater choices through remote work will make their jobs more fulfilling and be a plus for Japan's economy as a whole.
Commentary / Japan Jul 30, 2019
A Japanese trailblazer who wore stilettos
by Yumiko Murakami
Businesswoman Yoshida Haruno dedicated her life to promoting leadership roles for women in the public and private sectors.
Commentary / Japan Jan 29, 2018
Japan's three structural challenges
by Haruaki Deguchi
To ensure its future prosperity, Japan must resolve its demographic, productivity and fiscal dilemmas.
National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN Apr 11, 2015
Overseas observers spot something strange
by Michael Hoffman
Is Japan a strange country? What a strange question for a country to ask itself! The question implies the answer. Merely to raise it is to invite an affirmative reply, as Shukan Gendai magazine this month is by no means the first to prove. "Strange" is ...
Books / Reviews Aug 10, 2013
Three versions of the 'good wife' in Japan
by David Cozy
Once upon a time, not so long ago, it was unusual for a Japanese woman to aspire to be anything other than a "good wife and wise mother"— an aspiration so predominant that the Japanese for it, ryosai kenbo, is a set phrase in ...
National / Science & Health Jul 30, 2013
Long-living Japanese society needs better 'quality of death'
by Kanoko Matsuyama
A quarter of a million bedbound elderly people are kept alive in Japan, often for years, by a feeding tube surgically inserted into their stomach. A few months ago, my 96-year-old grandmother became one of them. Feeding tubes are so common in Japan that ...
Commentary / Japan | THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK Mar 25, 2013
It's not skin color, it's every way you're different
by Hiroaki Sato
What should a Japanese expat say to a mixed-race couple in New York who wonder how their children would be treated if they raised them in Japan?