Japan’s Designated Secrets Law: All you ever wanted to know but should be afraid to ask. (LOL)
The Lawyer's Federation of Japan points out that if a journalist or citizen were to stubbornly ask about SDS (specially designated secrets) to a government official that this could be…
Japan Passes Draconian Secrecy Bill Into Law: Journalists, Whistleblowers are now “terrorists”
Of course, every country has a fundamental right to protect its citizens' interests and there is an obvious need for some issues relating to national security to be secret. However,…
Prince Genji’s Pole Dances & Romances: Japanese Literature Sways to LIfe
Thus the stage is set for a mystical Nutcracker meets Noh plus comedy, improvisational dance, strip-tease, burlesque and the finest aerial arts and acrobatics. Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji…
Tokyo Vice: Interview with Jake Adelstein
The thing about the worst of the yakuza—and they're not all evil—is that you can't worry only about your own physical safety. There's a chance that your friends or loved…
Top 10 “Trendy” Words To Understand 30 Years Of Modern Japan
① Cabaret Club/キャバクラ (1985) ② It's best to have a healthy husband, who is rarely home/亭主元気で留守がいい (1986) ③Sexual Harassment/セクシュアル・ハラスメント 同義語 セクハラ (1988) ④Old guy girl/オヤジギャル (1990)
Toyoda Designs 100% Driverless Car: HARU2001. Self-determining vehicles are the future!
"Nissan, Honda, everybody is designing a self-driving car. We thought, ‘Hey, what if we take out the human component altogether?’ And that’s how we came up with the HARU2001,” Toyoda…
“Japan needs to put data in English”, says International Atomic Energy Agency
IAEA to work with Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority on Fukushima nuclear disaster monitoring After a meeting held in Tokyo with the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),…
Future Beauty: 30 Years Of Japanese Fashion…ends today in Seattle.
What does what you wear say about you? Did you know that fashion is wearable art? Great fashion, like great art, requires creativity and skill. All of the fashion that…
The Japanese Sex Industry: Finding a job that’s right for you (REPOSTING)
Originally posted as Fuzoku Friday: Finding a Job That’s Right For You on November 20th, 2009 Last week we talked about magazines and websites for fuzoku job hunters, but for those…
Viva la Révolucion? The Japanese Communist Party: Still Red And Not Dead
The JCP has won government recognition of workplace injuries and fatalities, and its legal assistance has helped secure compensation for workers and their families in several instances of such accidents.…