Issues

Issues | LAW OF THE LAND Jan 8, 2020

Carlos Ghosn and the 99.9% who don't escape Japan

by Colin P.A. Jones

If I had to identify one event in the Carlos Ghosn case indicitave of concern for foreign perceptions of Japan's criminal justice system, it would be the decision to grant him bail.

Issues | JUST BE CAUSE Jan 6, 2020

'Low IQ' kids, parental rights and problematic terminology dogged Japan's international community in 2019

by Debito Arudou

Of the issues non-Japanese had to deal with in the past year (and even the past decade), some were major news stories and some fell quietly into the cracks.