A Show That Makes Young Japanese Pine for the ‘Inappropriate’ 1980s
The younger generation in Japan has frequently called out their elders for their casual sexism, excessive work expectations and unwillingness to give up power.
Motoko Rich in asian news
U.S. Allies Watch the Debate With Shaking Heads and a Question: What Now?
During Thursday night’s debate, President Biden told former President Donald J. Trump that the United States is the “envy of the world.”
Japan Makes It Very Hard to Be Sterilized. These Women Demand Change.
When Hisui Tatsuta was in middle school, her mother used to joke that she couldn’t wait to see the faces of her future grandchildren. Ms. Tatsuta, now a 24-year-old model in Tokyo, recoiled at the assumption that she would someday give birth.
Russia and North Korea’s Defense Pact Is a Told-You-So Moment in Asia
With ballistic missiles regularly flying nearby, Japan and South Korea need little reminder of the threat that North Korea and its nuclear arsenal poses to its neighbors. But the stunning revival of a Cold War-era mutual defense agreement during a visit this week by President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to Pyongyang, the capital, amped up the pressure on some of the hermit kingdom’s closest neighbors.
First, He Conquered Paris. Now, a Japanese Chef Wants to Become a Brand.
In cooking, timing is everything. So much so that if the chef Kei Kobayashi spots diners heading to the restroom as he sends a dish out from the kitchen, he stops them. Nature’s call can wait; his culinary offerings should be tasted at peak flavor.
It Took Decades, but Japan’s Working Women Are Making Progress
When the future empress of Japan entered the country’s elite diplomatic corps in 1987, a year after a major equal employment law went into effect, she was one of only three female recruits. Known then as Masako Owada, she worked long hours and had a rising career as a trade negotiator. But she lasted just under six years in the job, giving it up to marry Crown Prince — and now Emperor — Naruhito.
Documentary Filmmaker Explores Japan’s Rigorous Education Rituals
The defining experience of Ema Ryan Yamazaki’s childhood left her with badly scraped knees and her classmates with broken bones.
‘Oppenheimer’ Opens in Nuclear-Scarred Japan, 8 Months After U.S. Premiere
Watching “Oppenheimer,” the Oscar-winning biopic about the father of the atomic bomb that opened in Japan on Friday, Kako Okuno was stunned by a scene in which scientists celebrated the explosion over Hiroshima with thunderous foot stomping and the waving of American flags.
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