Numerous English language articles have claimed that Japan has “more pets than children,” as though this was a singular and defining characteristic of Japanese society....
Foreign pundits and journalists occasionally invent stories about Japan. But more typically they take something that has been said by Japanese and exaggerate it to...
(Second of Two Parts) Part 1: [Mythbusters] The ‘Happiness Report’ that Makes Me Very Unhappy Japan's Missing Culture of 'Blowing your own...
(First of Two Parts) Journalists and pundits writing about Japan seem to love league tables (lists of rankings) that give Japan a low rank....
On January 17, the Washington Post published an opinion piece by Jeff Kingston, a professor at Temple University Japan, under the title “Brand Japan is...
The last weeks of 2018 saw a spate of articles in the English language press reporting that the Japanese “birth rate” was at the...
Over 50 candidates are running for Tokyo governor. Whose policy proposals best address disaster prevention, national security emergencies, and declining births?
"Declining births are a battle with time, and we plan to address this problem head on," said the Japanese prime minister.
With dog owners spending money on countless doggy services, grooming sessions are getting fancier in Japan. Who uses their services and why are they special?
Elon Musk sent out a tweet provoking a renewed conversation. Using his reasoning, all of humankind is at risk. Now let’s brainstorm some possible solutions.