Articles about Japanese Society

Kevin Henrique · Jul 14, 2026

Gateball in Japan: Rules, History, and Team Strategy

On a small court, every stroke changes the team conversation.

Kevin Henrique · Jan 15, 2025

Average Height in Japan: Men, Women, and Age Differences

Current figures, age differences, and the context behind Japan's average height.

Kevin Henrique · Oct 17, 2024

What Makes Japan a Unique Country?

A country shaped by tradition, discipline and constant reinvention.

Kevin Henrique · Jan 15, 2017

The Tokyo subway sarin attack of 1995

How a Japanese doomsday cult turned a Monday commute into a chemical attack

Kevin Henrique · Jan 15, 2017

Death Penalty in Japan: Hanging, the Nagayama Criteria, and Secrecy

From a centuries-long pause to a morning without warning

Kevin Henrique · Jan 15, 2017

Why the Japanese follow the rules: principles, not just laws

Wa, meiwaku, and the 'me first' problem explain Japan's public order better than the myth of a perfect legal system.

Kevin Henrique · Jan 15, 2017

Are the Japanese perverted or do they have good morals?

Anime made Japan look filthy. The sidewalk still asks you to keep it down.

Kevin Henrique · Jan 15, 2017

What is the difference between Japanese and Western youth?

School hours, public shame, and an adult age that still splits at 18 and 20.

Kevin Henrique · Jan 15, 2017

Japanese Only signs in Japan: what they really mean

Rare doors, mixed messages, and why one shop is not a country

Kevin Henrique · Jan 15, 2017

Escorts and prostitution in Japan

The ban is real. The neighborhoods stayed open by selling everything the statute refuses to name.

Kevin Henrique · Jan 15, 2017

What are the main problems in Japan?

A sansei's factory-floor view, plus the numbers that still hold up.

Kevin Henrique · Jan 15, 2017

Keimusho: What Are Prisons Like in Japan?

Silence, uniforms, and a system that treats order as the whole point

Kevin Henrique · Jan 15, 2017

What Makes Japan Such a Safe Country?

Low street crime is real. The explanation is messier than a tourist slogan.

Kevin Henrique · Jan 15, 2017

Shakaijin: 3 possible translations for a controversial word

社会人 looks like “person of society.” In daily Japanese it often means a working adult — and that line is the argument.

Kevin Henrique · Jan 15, 2017

Yankii, Bosozoku and Sukeban: Japan's Delinquent Youth

Named faces of Japanese delinquency, not a single gang and not the mafia.

Kevin Henrique · Jan 15, 2017

Are foreigners discriminated against in Japan?

Cases exist. A country-wide verdict does not.

Kevin Henrique · Jan 15, 2017

Why Japan Writes 25:00, 26:00 and Even 30:00

The night still belongs to yesterday — until 6 a.m.

Kevin Henrique · Jan 15, 2016

Why do the Japanese like to work overtime?

Pay, loyalty, unpaid late nights, and the legal limits that now try to rein them in.

Kevin Henrique · Jan 15, 2016

Incest in Japan: Why Does Anime Make It Look Acceptable?

Media fantasy, legal limits, and the imouto trope that confuses outsiders

Kevin Henrique · Jan 15, 2016

Why are Japanese people intelligent? Is it really true?

The reputation for Japanese intelligence is real as schooling and habit—not as a racial ranking.

Kevin Henrique · Jan 15, 2016

Peaceful Japan? How Japanese people react to crimes

Low crime rates, real street shock, and how Japanese media and bystanders handle violence

Kevin Henrique · Jan 15, 2016

Corruption in Japan: Scandals Behind the Clean Image

Landmark political and business scandals, everyday patterns of graft, and the tension between Japan’s honest reputation and elite...

Kevin Henrique · Jan 15, 2016

Is Abortion Legal in Japan? Law, Numbers and Mizuko Culture

Between law, practice and remembrance: how Japan handles pregnancy termination.

Kevin Henrique · Jan 15, 2016

Why do Japanese people wear surgical masks?

From pollen season to train etiquette—why face masks became everyday life in Japan.