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Despite undeniable progress, projects are saddled with massive corruption on the part of local officials

Feb 12, 2021 Several weeks ago, Hiroto (a pseudonym) received a phone call from a friend. The friend, who had met Hiroto for dinner a few days prior, plainly stated on the phone call that he had tested positive for COVID-19 recently and urged everyone he had met within a week to also get tested. Alarmed, Hiroto immediately began phoning clinics near his house to see if he could schedule a COVID-19 test as soon as possible. Hiroto’s situation is becoming more common, as Japan’s COVID-19 data shows the number of new infections in the country jumping by more than 1,000 every day for...

By Xiaochen Su African citizens are a rare breed in contemporary Japan, despite the rapid internationalization of the country’s population. While foreign workers in Japan exceeded 1.5 million in 2018, tripling in one decade, government figures show that less than 7,000 Africans, 3,000 of whom from Nigeria, reside in Japan. The lack of a significant African diaspora in Japan, especially when compared to more established host societies like the US, UK, and France, means that it is difficult for Africans to acquire information about the country. The lack of African residents in Japan is an...