For anyone who visited Kanagawa Prefecture around election time, Super Humbaba (real name: Hiroyuki Hashimoto) posters were hard to miss. Curious to find out more about his campaign, we recently caught up…

If you are pregnant, undertaking an abortion is not an easy thing to decide to do. Japan (which ranked 120 out of 156 countries in the world for gender equality in 2021)…

Following a short rainy season, which was spent at home listening to new Japanese music, we now have the Japanese summer with its abundance of happy-go-lucky mosquitoes and treacle-like humidity. This also means…

.This June we saw a wave of new Japanese music, predominantly in the electronic and experimental music realm. Cross-generational releases saw electronic downbeat legend Calm through to newer acts and collaborations such…

With the likes of Mei Kawajiri (NailsbyMei) and Miho Okawara (Mihonails) spreading Japanese nail art far and wide, we decided to take a look at the artists championing it nearer to home.…

There is a dark underside to Japan, one that is not shown in cute Ghibli films and sparkling recreations of Lost in Translation.  In contrast to its many technological advancements, as a…

Japanese summer arrives after the wetness of the rainy season. Accompanied by a haze of humidity, the sweltering temperatures only rise throughout July and August. Japan makes the most of the hot weather,…

Japan is still the strictest of all the G7 countries when it comes to border restrictions and the rate of reopening has been slower than the queue at immigration. It was recently…