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Japan's women continue to suffer at hands of domestic violence

Japan's women continue to suffer at hands of domestic violence

National campaign seeks to end violence against women  There’s an almost dispassionate matter-of-factness in the way Risa Tanaka describes how she was tortured by her husband.  One of the methods he favored, she says, was to act as a police interrogator, asking senseless questions and, if he didn’t
Unfilitered Feb 18, 2021
Media industry triggers #MeToo movement in Japan

Media industry triggers #MeToo movement in Japan

Japan’s #MeToo movement was sparked by a television reporter who said she was sexually harassed by the country’s highest-ranking finance ministry official. “Can I touch your breast?” “Can I tie you up?” The voice of the man’s relentless sexual advances was heard on a tape that ran
Chie Matsumoto Feb 18, 2021
On Being a Vietnamese Lifeline in Japan

On Being a Vietnamese Lifeline in Japan

Born in Vietnam, Takayama Yuki overcame her own struggles as a refugee in Japan and now spends her life helping others.  In a still largely homogenous country, Japan is home to about 412,000 Vietnamese, the third largest ethnic group behind Chinese and Koreans. About 2,316 Vietnamese were working
Chie Matsumoto Apr 17, 2020

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