Male-Male Desire: “Danshoku” Culture and Its Legacy in Japan
WEBSep 29, 2023 — Male-male love in male-dominated or male-only societies, such as boys’ boarding schools, is not limited to Japan. It is well known that affairs between men or men and youths were a custom in ...
Shinkansen Route Map - nippon.com
WEBMar 16, 2024 — Line Route Distance Top Speed Shortest Travel Time; Tōkaidō Shinkansen: Tokyo–Shin-Osaka: 552.6 km: 285 km/h: Tokyo–Nagoya: 1 h 33 m Tokyo–Shin-Osaka: 2 h 21 m
Japan’s Idol Industry - nippon.com
WEBJapan’s Idol Industry. Yamaguchi Momoe, the duo Pink Lady, and Matsuda Seiko were among the most popular pop music idols of the 1970s and 1980s. The niche they carved out in the Japanese ...
”The light of hope”: Japanese same-sex couple overjoyed by …
WEBMar 22, 2021 — For Jenny and Narumi, who plan on a life together and have held a non-legally binding marriage ceremony, it was much more personal. “I felt light, the light of hope,” said Narumi, 27. Both she ...
The Prefectures of Japan | Nippon.com
WEBApr 13, 2023 — series on Japan’s prefectures, giving brief overviews of the 47 areas, from Hokkaidō in the north to Okinawa in the south, that make up the nation as a whole. Japan has 47 prefectures. These ...
The Evolution of “Boys’ Love” Culture: Can BL Spark Social Change?
WEBSep 24, 2020 — Interview and text by Itakura Kimie of Banner photo: A promo still from the popular Thai BL drama series. Boys’ love is a genre of homoerotic manga and novels aimed at a female readership. BL ...
Behind the Glitter of an Idol’s Life: Hard Work and No Pay
WEBApr 11, 2019 — When you’re only a teenager, your manager and the managing office seem to have absolute authority. Even if you think something is odd, you don’t dare to speak up.”. Generally, she adds, a ...
The Japanese School System | Nippon.com
WEBJan 11, 2016 — In Japan, education is compulsory roughly from the age of 6 to the age of 15. The school year begins in April, so almost all children who have turned 6 by April 1 each year enter elementary school ...
Japan’s National Holidays in 2024 - nippon.com
WEBJun 30, 2023 — The final three weekdays of the year are generally taken as holidays by companies and schools in Japan. January 3, too, as part of the —the first three days of the New Year—is treated as a ...
Japan and ASEAN: Partners for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific in an …
WEBDec 4, 2023 — The 50-year-old friendship between Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is evolving in response to today’s challenging security environment. Political scientist Ōba Mie calls ...