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AI is running the lives of Delivery Workers in Japan

AI is running the lives of Delivery Workers in Japan

Every year, millions of people around Japan receive packages from Amazon. The packages arrive day and night and invariably in pristine condition. But few give much thought to the exhausted delivery worker. “The last mile is the toughest part,” says Susumu Adachi (not his real name), who has been delivering

Why workers and communities oppose Japanese incineration in Southeast Asia

Why workers and communities oppose Japanese incineration in Southeast Asia

This article was chosen for Journalism Excellency Awards 2023 presented by Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) and developed with the support of JournalismFund.eu . Ever wondered why the world’s largest metropolis is so clean? Ask Watanabe Ayumu. One of Tokyo’s small army of waste collectors, Watanabe’s day

A Cut Above the Rest:Shibata Akari

A Cut Above the Rest:Shibata Akari

Shibata Akari is one of a small number of female slaughterhouse workers in an industry steeped in discrimination and where workers were not even paid until the 1970s.

Stemming the Shecession and Shadow Pandemic under COVID in Japan

Stemming the Shecession and Shadow Pandemic under COVID in Japan

The pandemic has pushed women even further to the margins in Japan, exposing the systemic discrimination, as well as the lack of appropriate public services, especially for struggling women. The president and chief executive of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, C. Nicole Mason coined the term “Shecession” to

Evaluating corporate media war reporting in Ukraine

Evaluating corporate media war reporting in Ukraine

Introduction In this article, I want to critically look at mainstream media reportage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, from the perspective of the Unfiltered journalists’ collective. David McNeill previously pointed out that Japanese television outlets have avoided providing on-the-ground coverage. I want to investigate other

Out of the Line of Fire

Out of the Line of Fire

Japanese media companies have mostly avoided on-the-ground reporting in Ukraine. Why? Like their counterparts everywhere, Japanese editors have scrambled to keep up with events since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. Unlike much of the world’s media, however, Japan’s television and newspaper outlets have almost no staff correspondents

Struggle against Union Busting, Police Oppression over Fair Wage

Struggle against Union Busting, Police Oppression over Fair Wage

Someone in the Japanese government appears to have ordered an Osaka-based union to be destroyed. The Kan’nama story has triggered alarming constitutional questions – but little media attention. For nearly three years, Matsuo Seiko, 49, has kept a toothbrush and a change of clothes stuffed into a bag stored in