It was not the kind of letter any mother would want her child to see. “We all hate you,” it read. “No matter how many decades or centuries pass, we will continue to discriminate against you for ever.” ...

Overshadowed by the 11th-hour furor over casino legalization and other legislation forced through the Diet by the ruling bloc last week was the enactment of a lesser-known law that has significant ...

How would you like it if you were the best candidate for a high-paying job but got turned down because your great-grandfather was an undertaker? Or how would you feel if, a few days before the big ...

But the modern locations of the old villages are largely unknown to the general public, and many burakumin prefer it that way. not where I live, everyone knows which part of town they live in and who ...