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February 13, 2026

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More than a quarter of married people in Japan report spousal violence of some kind, and nearly 1 in 10 women have experienced financial abuse, according to a 2023 survey by the Japan Cabinet Office.

COMMUNITY / Issues / The Foreign Element

Dec 8, 2025

Finding a way forward from financial abuse

By Louise George Kittaka

In Japan, nearly 1 in 10 married women have been the victim of financial abuse. Two expats share their stories, along with the resources and advice that helped them through.

A native of the Jura region of France, Severine Lamielle moved to Tottori Prefecture in 2024 and found a job as a taxi driver.

COMMUNITY / Issues / The Foreign Element

Dec 1, 2025

A French cabbie behind the wheel in small-town Japan

By Isabelle Steen

In Tottori, Japan’s least populous prefecture, Severine Lamielle’s career as a taxi driver is both a curiosity and a small sign of demographic change.

Located just one stop away from Shinjuku on the Yamanote Line, Shin-Okubo has long been known as Tokyo’s Koreatown — but in recent years, a range of immigrant communities from across the Asian continent have made it a hotspot for food, services and even spirituality.

COMMUNITY / Issues / The Foreign Element

Nov 24, 2025

A perfect day in Shin-Okubo, more than just Tokyo’s Koreatown

By Eric Margolis

Long known as Tokyo’s Korean enclave, Shin-Okubo has grown even more multicultural over the years in everything from its restaurant options to its spiritual sites.

Located near the Imperial Palace, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan prides itself on the accessibility of its events and the support it offers to budding and established journalists. The club is currently headed by Dan Sloan, a former reporter for Reuters.

COMMUNITY / Issues / The Foreign Element

Nov 17, 2025

Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan celebrates 80 years at the forefront of press freedom

By Gendel Gento

Since its founding in 1945, the club has been an important professional hub and played host to a startling array of political and cultural figures from around the world.

The byzantine process for converting a foreign driver’s license into a Japanese one entails mountains of paperwork and significant stamina — unless you're a lucky license holder from a country or region where these requirements are waived.

COMMUNITY / Issues / Longform

Oct 22, 2025

Driving in Japan isn’t hard. Getting the license is.

By Thu-Huong Ha and Mike Fu

From the desperate and defeated to the blissful and breezy, readers share their experiences of getting a driver’s license in Japan.

Through the Japan-Korea Summer Exchange Conference, undergraduate students have sustained an ongoing cultural and academic dialogue for 40 years.

COMMUNITY / Issues

Oct 6, 2025

Student groups nurture Japan-South Korea dialogue and cultural ties

By Moe Shimizu

Since 1985, the Japan-Korea Summer Exchange Conference has provided a platform for students to discuss bilateral relations and build cultural bridges along the way.

The Kyoto International Entrepreneur Community brings together local and global professionals from a range of industries, backgrounds and ages and collaborates with government-sponsored entities and nonprofit organizations.

COMMUNITY / Issues / The Foreign Element

Sep 24, 2025

Stirred, not shaken: Kyoto business platform blends local and global

By Samantha Seghers

Since its launch in 2018, the Kyoto International Entrepreneur Community has amassed a diverse membership and built solid relationships with local organizations.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Experts say emotional bonds with AI are often shaped by prior experiences — or disappointments — in human relationships.

Love, engineered in the age of AI

By Elizabeth Beattie

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