戦時中、再軍備の必要性を繰り返し訴えた昭和天皇ーー北野隆一記者に聞く 日本が激動の中にあった1933年から1945年の期間、天皇として果たすべき役目が戦後のタブーや検閲によって覆い隠され、賛否を分ける人物となった昭和天皇。1989年の崩御以降、公開されるようになった多くの記録から、好意的でない側面も含め、その思考と行動が明らかになっている。
Emperor Hirohito repeatedly advocated for the necessity of rearmament -- an interview with journalist Ryuichi Kitano The Showa Emperor was a deeply divisive figure whose role in the tumultuous period from 1933-1945 was clouded by lingering postwar taboos and censorship. Since his death in 1989 multiple accounts have given us a clearer picture of his thoughts and actions in ways that are often unflattering.
高市首相誕生は日本の女性が直面する壁にどう影響するか アイスランドで9割の女性が家庭の中と外で仕事をやめ、「女性の休日」と称したゼネラル・ストライキを決行した1975年、女性の連帯が大きなうねりを作り出したことで国の動きが止まり、それがその後の女性大統領誕生につながった。この歴史的な日から50年経った2025年、日本でも初の女性首相が生まれた。
Information Wars Harassment and intimidation of Japanese journalists are on the rise and violence is a real possibility, say media unions.
グーグル社員が日本の労働法を支えに「退職勧奨」跳ね返す交渉 一発解雇となってしまった米国の社員と、それを回避できた日本の労働者。何が違うのか。東京のグーグル合同会社で働く“グーグラー(Googler)” たちに聞いた。
Japanese labor laws protect Google employees Workers in Japan find better legal protection than their American counterparts
Repeated Massacres are Problems for All Humanity Award-winning Ivorian writer Veronique Tadjo believes writers have a responsibility to help build an alternative world to give hope and remember never to repeat tragedies through literature.
A Festival of East Asia Labor Movements in Tokyo Next week, Tokyo will be host to the first-ever East Asia LaborFest, bringing together workers, labor organizers, and activists from across the region for an exhibition of Asian labor history, seminars and talks about regional and country-specific struggle and film screenings.
Hiroshima’s First Ever Pride Parade Will be Held on Oct. 11 Hiroshima’s first ever pride parade will take place at 2pm on October 11, 2025, with the help of Nina-Arica as well as other organizations and individuals such as Fe, HAP, Kurokawa Shoto, and Cocoiro.
Justice delayed for women in Japan This summer, a Osaka superintendent for community safety in charge of investigating sex crimes against children was arrested on suspicion of the crime he was to probe.
Naomi Osaka, Rui Hachimura both loved and despised in Japan With the number of foreigners living in Japan increasing as well as a rise of mixed babies being born, Japan could be seeing a diverse future where Japan-born multiracial people are much more common.