New NHK President Katsuto Momii made headlines around the world with his claim that “comfort women” […]
By Hifumi Okunuki Last month, a new ANA commercial hit the airwaves — and quickly ran into some […]
BY HIFUMI OKUNUKI First of all, I would like to wish a happy new year to […]
By Hifumi Okunuki Illustrations by Time O’Bree Japan’s old calendar called December shiwasu (師走). These two kanji mean […]
By Hifumi Okunuki Television meant little to me until this autumn. Now, every Wednesday at 10 […]
I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard about the government’s recent proposal to set up […]
Hot on the heels of their romp to victory in the race for control of the […]
In 2012, Japan had 51.73 million workers, of which 33.3 million were regular employees, or seishain, according […]
Surely few employees would jump out of bed every morning, itching to start work at the […]
Story originally published in Japan Times A new specter hangs over Japan: the specter of insecure […]