DEEP DIVE Mar 30, 2022
How the pandemic exacerbated Japan's gender inequality
Hanako Montgomery, a reporter for Vice World News in Japan, discusses Japan’s poor record on gender equality.
Issues | THE FOREIGN ELEMENT Jul 28, 2019
Bonnie Jinmon has spent a decade fighting human trafficking: 'I want my work to be bigger'
Human trafficking is just as much a problem in Japan as it is in other countries. One American woman has decided to fight it and she hopes you will, too.
Lifestyle May 12, 2019
Swinging swords and drumsticks: Personal fitness draws on tradition
Shindo and taikobics give personal fitness regimes a Japanese twist with kendo moves and taiko drumming.
Travel Feb 22, 2019
Hitchhiking in Japan: Thumbs up all the way from Tokyo to Naoshima
Is it possible to hitchhike in Japan as a woman? Yes, and easily so, as Hanako Montgomery found out this past winter.