JAPANsociology

By Robert Moorehead

Looking at life in Japan from a sociological perspective

Invite foreign interns to settle in Japan, think tank says
japantimes.co.jp - Tomohiro Osaki
A Tokyo think tank says the nation should replace its discredited national foreigners’ trainee program with a system that invites overseas interns to …
'Maternity harassment' verdict benefits women, men — and our humanity
japantimes.co.jp - Hifumi Okunuki
Last Thursday’s Supreme Court verdict in the “maternity harassment” case brought by a physical therapist in Hiroshima was the first of its kind, …
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Rabid right foams at the mouth over Line's Korean connection
japantimes.co.jp - Mark Schreiber
Internet entrepreneurism has spawned all kinds of free services and applications. Some — with names such as Yahoo, Google, Facebook, YouTube and …
Yasukuni and Nationalist Identities, Japanese and Korean
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Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) by Lilia Yamakawa In 1985, US President Ronald Reagan agreed to visit a cemetery in Bitburg, …
Japanese Broadcast Official: We Didn’t Commit War Crimes, the U.S. Just Made That Up
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In the clearest signal yet of U.S. unhappiness with the rightward tilt of Japan’s political leadership — and by extension, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe …
Symbiosis in the World of Beauty: The Cosmetics Industry and the Western Beauty Ideal
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English: Super Skin Lightener skin lightening cream (Photo credit: Wikipedia) by Kyungyeon Chung Upon walking into a drug store in Japan, one will find …
Who are Japan’s grass eaters?
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Lately my American friends have been asking me the most strange question: “Who are Japan’s grass eaters?” Initially I thought they were referring to …
Hundreds of Copies of Anne Frank’s Diary Vandalized in Japan
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Japan’s slide to the political right appeared to take an alarming new twist with the discovery this month of hundreds of vandalized copies of the …
70 Japanese students volunteer to help clean Canada’s shores of Tohoku Tsunami debris
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On 11 March, 2011 Hiroki Takai was studying at a university in Vancouver. Instead of feeling helpless at the steadily flowing images of destruction …
Snowy Day
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My daughter Aya filmed this during Kyoto’s biggest snowfall of the year (4 cm, or less than 2 inches). Advertisements
Kyoto Snapshots
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Hafu: Telling the story of Japan's mixed-race minority and changing attitudes in society【Q&A】
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For such a small word, “half” carries an awful lot of weight here in Japan. Adapted to fit the syllabary, the word is pronounced “hafu” in Japanese, …
Plummeting morale at Fukushima Daiichi as nuclear cleanup takes its toll
The Guardian - Justin McCurry
Dressed in a hazardous materials suit, full-face mask and hard hat, Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, left his audience in no doubt: "The future of Japan," he said, "rests on your shoulders. I am counting
Finding forgiveness: Japan reworks a Western classic
japantimes.co.jp - Kaori Shoji
Clint Eastwood’s 1992 Academy Award winner “Unforgiven” has undergone a Japanese remake. “Yurusarezaru Mono” — starring Ken Watanabe, Akira Emoto, …
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Flood Relief in Arashiyama
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Yesterday, I had planned to spend the day running round Kyoto’s most iconic sites, taking immersive 360 degree images with my new Ricoh Theta camera… …
Los brutales métodos de entrenamiento de un profesor de voleibol en Japón
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Este peculiar método disciplinario lo hemos conocido a través de un vídeo difundido por internet. en el que se puede ver a un entrenador de voleibol …
Travel Shows Mirror Japan’s Imagined Globalization
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JAPANsociology got its first mainstream media citation, in a column by Philip Brasor in the Japan Times, “Travel Shows Warp True …
Immaculate Conceptions and Japanese Citizenship
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by Robert Moorehead According to the Mainichi, on September 13, the Osaka Family Court ruled that a child conceived through sperm donation must be …
Travel shows warp true globalization
japantimes.co.jp - Philip Brasor
Now that Tokyo has been given the honor of hosting the 2020 Olympic Games, the city, as well as all of Japan, will spend the next seven years …
Tepco tech chief disputes Abe's 'under control' assertion
japantimes.co.jp - Reiji Yoshida
A Tokyo Electric Power Co. executive created a stir Friday by stating that he doesn’t believe the radioactive water leaks at the Fukushima No. 1 …
Toxic drain water may have run into Pacific
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Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it found radioactive substances in a drainage ditch that leads directly to the Pacific Ocean near the Fukushima No. 1 …
Filmmaker revisits the children of Fukushima's 'Grey Zone'
japantimes.co.jp - Louise George Kittaka
For independent filmmaker Ian Thomas Ash, making documentaries is an organic process. “I’m not a journalist, and I don’t try to make judgments,” he …
Is Japan the only winner of the G20 meeting?
CNBC - Dr. Michael Ivanovitch
There are no operational trading tips from last week's G20 meeting held in the splendors of St. Petersburg's Konstantinovsky Palace. But in spite of …
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U.S. JET teacher features in 3/11 film
japantimes.co.jp - Seana K. Magee
While Taylor Anderson’s life was cut short on March 11, 2011, along with thousands of others caught in the massive tsunami triggered by an earthquake …
French Fukushima cartoon offends Japan
The Guardian - Justin McCurry
Japan is to lodge an official complaint about a cartoon in a French newspaper that links the Fukushima nuclear disaster with Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Olympics. The cartoon, which appeared