The Gender Politics of Valentine’s Day in Japan

How giri-choco turned empowerment into workplace pressure

DWAC: Gender Dynamics: Breaking Binarisms through Clothing

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HodoBuzz: an Ode to Press Freedom and Gender Equality

The indie J-drama tackling sexism in Japan's media industry

Embracing Transgender and Gender Nonconformity

Photographer Paule Saviano returns to Tokyo with crucial new exhibition

Achieving Gender Equality

A challenging endeavor

Your Summer Reading List 2026

Our best new recommendations from Tokyo’s literary scene

How the English Language Failed Banana Yoshimoto

Looking back at the Japanese literary icon 30 years after the translation of her debut novel ‘Kitchen’

Based in Japan: Arthell Isom on Building the First Foreign-owned Anime Studio in Japan

Storyteller, entrepreneur and artist

Based in Japan: What’s Wrong with Sex Education in Japan?

An interview with sex ed teacher June Low

Based in Japan: From Stay-at-Home Mom to Hotel Country Manager

The hardships of rejoining the Japanese workforce for stay-at-home-moms

Japan Now Allows Joint Custody After Divorce—Here’s What Actually Changed

A landmark revision to Japan's Civil Code took effect April 1, 2026, ending a sole-custody system that had been in place for over a century

So I Married a Japanese Man…and These Are the Questions I Get

Intercultural relationships come with plenty of rude assumptions.