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Highlights from the prestigious Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival have been made available online worldwide for a week only. Here’s a handful of landmark documentaries to look out for.
The current Asahi Shimbun Hanshin Bureau in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, which was rebuilt in 2006 (Asahi Shimbun file photo) May 3 marks the 34th anniversary of a shooting incident at The Asahi Shimbun's Hanshin Bureau in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, that left one reporter dead and another seriously injured. The statute of limitations in the case, and seven other related or similar terrorist incidents apparently perpetrated by a group with ultra-rightist leanings, expired in 2003. The National Police Agency designated the series of crimes as “Wide Area Important Designated Case No. 116...
Non-regular worker's sudden plunge into poverty exposes Japan's toxic labor environment January 28, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) Yoshihide Suga, then a candidate for prime minister, is seen at a candidates' debate for the Liberal Democratic Party Presidential Election at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Sept. 12, 2020. The board in his hand roughly translates to "Self-help, mutual assistance and public support. Then bonds. A complete change in regulations." (Mainichi/Kimi Takeuchi) Recently, a 42-year-old Japanese woman with a degree from a junior college, whose career ha...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The idea of Japan introducing a universal basic income, recently floated by one of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's economic advisers,
Jan 9, 2021 In recent months, news organizations have reported that people are moving out of Tokyo into the suburbs and countryside, suggesting that some remote work situations are obviating the need to go into a place of employment in the city. What these stories often point out is that many people who live in Tokyo do so because of their jobs and, when given the opportunity, they will leave the capital to reside in a less crowded and, presumably, less expensive environment. The government, having been frustrated in its occasional attempts to decompress Tokyo, appears to be heartene...