Japan is in the grip of an elderly crime wave. Poverty and loneliness are two of the possible causes.
For some immigrants in Japan, alternatives to detention bring release, but not freedom
The Japanese government introduced an alternative to detention called supervisory release in order to prevent long-term detainment and escape. Refugees and advocates say it places responsibility on citizens, ultimately leaving them in uncertainty.
The violent truth about immigration detention centers in Japan: Part 2 of 2
TOKYO -- A Japanese Brazilian man has brought a lawsuit against the Japanese government, seeking damages for the injuries he incurred following an all
How to Make Friends and Build a Social Circle in Japan
Living abroad can be isolating, but it doesn’t have to stay that way. Here's everything I learned about making friends in Japan over the course of ten years.
Dignity and security for older people – Victorian Socialists
Older people deserve dignity and security, not neglect. We’re fighting to ban for-profit aged care and guarantee public housing for pensioners.
Samurai city - Works in Progress Magazine
For three hundred years, Japan enjoyed enviable stability and peace. All it took was locking up its warlike samurai elite in the world’s least efficient city.
Yojimbo (1961)
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro…
Editorial: Japan should not shut door on permanent residents
Japan's Immigration Services Agency has announced plans to revise its guidelines for granting permanent residence, tightening the requirements. Many f
‘The devil’s child’: the rise and fall of the only female yakuza
The long read: Mako Nishimura fought her way into the Japanese underworld, but drug addiction and the slow demise of organised crime gangs almost destroyed her
Overtourism in Japan, and How it Hurts Small Businesses
Why being popular is not the goal of most small businesses
Japanese web design: weird, but it works. Here's why
Inside Japan’s Disposable Housing Market
In a culture obsessed with newness, no one wants a "used" home—which makes the Japanese real estate market almost unrecognizable to an American.
Executive linked to major Asian crime group arrested in Japan
A man believed to be an executive of a Cambodia-based, Chinese-affiliated group sanctioned by the United States and Britain as one of Asia's largest criminal networks was arrested in Japan along with two others, investigative sources said Monday.
Japan does not cut down centuries-old trees for development. Instead, experts spend months preparing their roots and relocating them
When roads, railways or new buildings are planned, centuries-old trees are often among the first casualties of development. In Japan, however, some of the country's most valuable trees are given a second chance.
