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Black Box Diaries review – inside the remarkable events that triggered Japan’s #MeToo movement
Japanese journalist Shiori Itō tells how she pursued her rape case against a prominent TV executive This is th…
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Inside Japan’s biggest prison: home to yakuza… and hundreds of old men
More than one in five prisoners in Fuchū jail is 65 or over – and younger inmates get care qualifications to l…
- Japan, World cinema, Drama films, Society, Law, Assisted dying, Death and dying, World news, Asia Pacific, Culture, Film
Plan 75 review – life is terminated at 75 in melancholy anti-euthanasia drama
To combat an ageing population, a future Japan passes a law to pay older citizens to sign up for an easeful de…
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Japanese man granted retrial after 45 years on death row
Iwao Hakamada, 87, was convicted of four murders in 1968 but granted ‘temporary release’ in 2014 after new evi…
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Predator: The Secret Scandal of J-Pop review – a breathtaking look at Japan’s paedophile boyband ‘god’
As young stars smile brightly and declare their love for him, this documentary about a music svengali’s grueso…
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Japan’s ruling party accused of violating Olympic charter over LGBT rights
Rights groups said LDP deserved ‘gold medal for homophobia’ after comments over discrimination billJapan’s rul…
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Don’t let the victors define morality – Hiroshima was always indefensible | Kenan Malik
The decision 75 years ago to use atomic bombs was fuelled not by strategy but by sheer inhumanity“If we’d lost…
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The Carlos Ghosn case shines a light into the dark corners of Japanese justice | Jeff Kingston
The former Nissan boss is right to point the finger at a legal system that the UN has described as ‘medieval’I…
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Japanese man prepares for landmark case against dolphin hunts
Taiji resident will testify in attempt to ban activity as part of charity’s legal challenge A man from Taiji, …