The Body Optimist on MSN10d
Japanese people and body hair: a disenchantment that begins at age 6
In Japan, the relationship with body hair is marked by strict cultural norms that influence behavior from a very young age.
The Mainichi on MSN1d
People across Japan gather to protest misogyny after writer's 'uterus removal' remark
TOKYO -- People staged gatherings across Japan on Dec. 13 to decry discrimination against women in the wake of a writer's ...
Japan Today2d
Japanese non-binary person seeks family register change via court
A Japanese person who does not identify as male or female filed a petition with the Kyoto Family Court on Friday to change their family register designation to a gender-neutral descriptor, the ...
朝日新聞社4d
Gay people ‘abandoning’ Japan for legal marriage, joy
An aide to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida who was sacked over a homophobic tirade said some Japanese people would “abandon” their country if same-sex marriage was legalized. Japanese people are ...
Director Ema Ryan Yamazaki On Her Oscar Contender ‘Instruments Of A Beating Heart’: Film Reveals “How A Japanese Person Is Made”
Japanese culture -- "how a Japanese person is made"-- is explored in the short film 'Instruments of a Beating Heart,' ...