Mari Yamamoto

‘F*ck the Olympics’: Inside the War to Dodge a COVID Fiasco

From desperate doctors to famous film directors and former Japanese mafia members—the outrage against this summer’s “COVID Olympics” is uniting Japan.

Jake Adelstein

Go To Eat, Go To Jail

Japan Wants to Throw These COVID-19 Patients in Jail

Japan, once considered a poster child for COVID-19 containment, is introducing a draconian law as cases spike and the government panics.

Jake Adelstein

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MISSILE KICK

The Confrontation That Preceded a Pro-Wrestler’s Death

Pink-haired pro wrestler Hana Kimura was a hit on TV until she confronted her male roommate. What happened next says much about misogyny and bullying, and not only in Japan.

Jake Adelstein

THIEF IN THE FIRE

Japan’s Version of Bill Barr Provokes an Epic Tweetstorm

There are so many scandals surrounding the government of Shinzo Abe and his party that protection is needed. Who better than the man known as Abe’s “guardian deity?”

Jake Adelstein

ROUGH DIAMOND

Japan Shows Coronavirus May Be a Gift—for Wannabe Dictators

There are many lessons to be learned from the disaster that is the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Yokohama. Some are epidemiological, but the most disturbing are political.

Jake Adelstein

Mari Yamamoto

‘F*ck the Olympics’: Inside the War to Dodge a COVID Fiasco

Japan Wants to Throw These COVID-19 Patients in Jail

The Confrontation That Preceded a Pro-Wrestler’s Death

Japan’s Version of Bill Barr Provokes an Epic Tweetstorm

Japan Shows Coronavirus May Be a Gift—for Wannabe Dictators

Japan Is Treating Foreign Workers Like Indentured Labor

A Rape Victim’s Victory Against Japan’s ‘Weinsteins’

What If, in World War II, Japan Got the Atomic Bomb First?

In Japan Rape Cases, ‘No’ Still Means No Conviction

For Japan Teen Idol ‘Me Too’ Means Having to Say Sorry