The Japan Times2020 was a watershed year for Japan's foreign residentsDec 31, 2020Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
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The Japan Times'Low IQ' kids, parental rights and problematic terminology dogged Japan's international community in 2019Jan 6, 2020Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan Times'Love it or leave it' is not a real choiceJul 24, 2019Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesKnow your rights when checking in at an AirbnbApr 17, 2019Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesFrom new visas to a tourism backlash, the Top 10 issues that affected us in 2018 may forecast our future treatmentJan 27, 2019Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesWarning to Naomi Osaka: Playing for Japan can seriously shorten your careerSep 19, 2018Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesWhat about we stop it with the 'whataboutism'?Jul 15, 2018Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesWhite supremacists and Japan: A love storyMar 7, 2018Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesIn 2017, Japan woke up to the issue of discriminationJan 3, 2018Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesIn wake of Charlottesville, U.S. should follow Japan and outlaw hate speechAug 23, 2017Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesTime to act on insights from landmark survey of Japan's foreign residentsApr 26, 2017Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesMedia outside Japan must stop normalizing sumo as an ethno-sportFeb 19, 2017Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesJapan's human rights issues fared better in 2016Jan 8, 2017Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesTrump's lesson: You can lie your way to the very topNov 16, 2016Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesU.S. and Japan elections: scary in their own waysOct 30, 2016Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesComparing elections in the U.S. and Japan: the good, the bad and the uglyOct 2, 2016Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesJapan's police still unfettered by the law, or the truthJun 5, 2016Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesOsaka's move on hate speech should be just the first stepJan 31, 2016Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesBattles over history, the media and the message scar 2015Jan 3, 2016Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesMuch jaw-jaw about war-war: the year 2015 in quotesDec 23, 2015Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesTackle embedded racism before it chokes JapanNov 1, 2015Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesJapan rightists' patient wait is over as conveyor belt of death shudders back to lifeOct 4, 2015Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesWhy Japan's right keeps leaving the left in the dustSep 6, 2015Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesJapan-U.S. effort to tell suicide pilots' stories dodges controversy, wins praiseMay 3, 2015Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesViewed through a religious lens, Japan makes more senseApr 5, 2015Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesU.S. author recounts 'lecture' he got about 'comfort women' from uninvited Japanese guestsMar 4, 2015Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesDoes social change in Japan come from the top down or bottom up?Nov 5, 2014Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesVisible minorities are being caught in police dragnetSep 3, 2014Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesPast victimhood blinds Japan to present-day racial discriminationAug 13, 2014Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesComplexes continue to color Japan's ambivalent ties to the outside worldJul 2, 2014Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesTackling the 'empathy deficit' toward non-JapaneseApr 30, 2014Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesKnowing your rights can protect against fake copsApr 2, 2014Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesJ. League and media must show red card to racismMar 12, 2014Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesDon't let ANA off the hook for that offensive adJan 24, 2014Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesThe empire strikes back: the top issues for non-Japanese in 2013Jan 6, 2014Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesIn Japan, no escape from The Eye's perpetual policing glareDec 4, 2013Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesTriumph of Tokyo Olympic bid sends wrong signal to Japan's resurgent rightSep 30, 2013Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesIf you're jōzu and you know it, hold your groundSep 9, 2013Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesOl' blue eyes isn't back: Tsurunen's tale offers lessons in microcosm for DPJAug 5, 2013Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesPolice 'foreign crime wave' falsehoods fuel racismJul 8, 2013Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesTweak the immigration debate and demand an upgrade to denizen classApr 2, 2013Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesChild's quibble with U.S. 'poverty superpower' propaganda unravels a sobering story about insular JapanMar 5, 2013Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesYes, I can use chopsticks: the everyday 'microaggressions' that grind us downMay 1, 2012Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesThe costly fallout of tatemae and Japan's culture of deceitNov 1, 2011Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesCensus blind to Japan's true diversityOct 5, 2010Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesThe victim complex and Kim's killer conAug 3, 2010Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesHuman rights in Japan: a top 10 for '09Jan 5, 2010Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan Times'Golden parachutes' mark failure of race-based policyApr 7, 2009Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert
The Japan TimesPunishing foreigners, exonerating JapaneseMar 24, 2009Debito ArudouBy Debito Arudoumore_vert