The Japanese electorate appeared to punish the Liberal Democrats, leaving it unclear whether the party would be forced to expand its coalition to stay in power. By Motoko Rich Kiuko Notoya and ...

The strategy is key because Japanese ballots are “write-ins”, meaning voters write the candidate’s names rather than check a box. The LDP’s popularity has been on the wane since dozens of ...

This method makes the doc easy to follow for those unfamiliar with contemporary Japanese society while giving Black Box Diaries the propulsive rhythm of, ironically, a procedural. Many scenes show ...

Update on October 25, 2024: Replaced the ECOlunch 3-in-1 bento box with a newer silicone-lidded version; replaced the out-of-stock U Konserve trio of stainless-steel food containers with the ...

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Undaunted, Ito talks openly throughout “Black Box Diaries,” her moving if ... Ito fought to transform Japan’s laws and ideas relating to sexual violence. (In 2023, Japan criminalized ...

What does a Japanese person recall? Doraemon, the friendly robot helper of an enormously popular eponymous anime series. So goes an anecdote making the rounds in Japanese tech circles. It suggests ...

As Black Box Diaries charts, in anguished detail, only four percent of Japan’s rape victims report the crime (it’s 30 percent in the US). Watching this troubling but deeply absorbing film ...

The scene features early in urgent documentary Black Box Diaries. The woman in the 2015 ... But waiving her anonymity also lets Itō investigate Japanese criminal justice itself.

What to expect at the upcoming BoJ meeting? The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is set to hold their monetary meeting across 30 – 31 October 2024. Having raised its short-term policy target to 0.25% from a ...