Gwyn McClelland is the former recipient of a National Library of Australia Fellowship and a Japan Foundation Fellowship. He is the president of the Japanese Studies Association of Australia. At first, ...

India’s caste system – which saw at the bottom the Dalit people (untouchables) who were considered so low as to be outside its rigid classifications – was officially dismantled in 1947. Not so many ...

In a recent incident that has sparked considerable debate and criticism within Japan, Governor Heita Kawakatsu of Shizuoka Prefecture announced his resignation following a controversial remark. During ...

A man prays at a monument dedicated to Koreans who were massacred following the September 1, 1923 earthquake, which killed over 100,000 people in the destruction and resulting fires across Tokyo.

People fishing in the Kamo river, Kyoto. Credit: Photo by Cristian Martini Grimaldi Subscribe for ads-free reading The braced steel frames are already in place and covered with grey panels. The new ...

Known informally as the Japanese mafia, the Yakuza are a 400-year-old criminal syndicate that carries out everything from human trafficking to real estate sales. When news broke that the Yakuza were ...

SINGAPORE - The Straits Times and its publisher SPH Media Trust (SMT) bagged several awards in the annual International News Media Association (INMA) Global Media Awards on Thursday (June 9). ST's ...

Japanese post-rock vets MONO have announced that they’re doing the soundtrack for the new documentary My Story, The Buraku Story. The announcement reads: My Story, The Buraku Story is a new ...

Elon Musk joins Twitters board of directors; promises significant improvements US officials have arrested Takeshi Ebisawa, the kingpin of a syndicate of powerful criminal gangs in Japan 'Yakuza' which ...