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Two years after the disaster, contamination risks in Fukushima are still worrying

Future children

Two Years Later, How Fukushima Tore Apart Lives Of The Lucky Ones

by Leo Tilmont March 11, 2013May 23, 2025

Demonstrators in Tokyo in September 2012

Geopolitics sovereignty

Tiny Islands, Big Worries: What’s Really Driving The China-Japan Showdown

by Leo Tilmont February 10, 2013May 23, 2025

Radioactive money for the yakuza

Society corruption

How The Japanese Mafia Is Making Millions From The Fukushima Cleanup

by Leo Tilmont February 6, 2013May 22, 2025

A rare baby-spotting in Tokyo...

Asia’s Diaper Demographics: When A Nation Sells More Nappies For Adults Than For Babies

by Bertrand Hauger January 15, 2013May 22, 2025

Can Abe fix it?

Geopolitics japan

Why Japan’s New Nationalist Leader Is The Right Man To Ease Tensions With China

by Jeff Israely January 10, 2013May 22, 2025

Getting lonely in China

Economy economy

One-Child Policy Could Push China Into Same Demographic Ditch As Japan

by Bertrand Hauger December 28, 2012May 22, 2025

North Korea, 2012

Geopolitics cold war

A Chilling Tale Of Ordinary Japanese Abducted By North Korean Spies

by Chris Arden December 25, 2012May 22, 2025

The Yasukuni Shrine

Behind The Shades Of Japan’s Not-So-Subtle Diplomacy

by Jean Marcel Maillard November 14, 2012May 23, 2025

Testing the alliance

Geopolitics china

Okinawa: The U.S. Bases Caught Between Feuding China and Japan

by Jean Marcel Maillard September 25, 2012May 23, 2025

Yakuza showing off tattoos at the Sanja Shrine festival in Tokyo

Society culture

Japan’s Love-Hate Relationship With Tattoos

by Bertrand Hauger August 15, 2012May 23, 2025