Japanese society

People are working at computers in a large open office

Japan’s shrinking labor force is finding new ways to fight karōshi — ‘death by overwork’

Jan 10, 2019

Naohiro Kimura is founding editor of the "Hikikomori News," for people like him who are shut-ins who have trouble leaving their homes. Japan estimates there are about a half million "hikikomori" (shut-ins) but Kimura thinks the number is much higher.

In Japan, there’s a newspaper by people who couldn’t leave their homes

Apr 11, 2018

A screen shot from Miki Dezaki's YouTube video about racism in Japan.

How a Japanese American burst Japan’s bubble on racism

May 11, 2015