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Kimberly Hughes

Kimberly Hughes is a freelance writer, translator, editor, university educator and community organizer based in Tokyo. She was a longtime contributor of stories on grassroots socio-political movement

Unfiltered On the Ground: The Olympics: Complex Feelings

Unfiltered On the Ground: The Olympics: Complex Feelings

Name: Max Power* Hometown: Newcastle, England Present City: Newcastle, England I’m from Newcastle, England, and next to where I live is a marine college that’s recognized worldwide for its engineering, navigation and ship-related disciplines. My dad is from Saudi Arabia, and he was paid by the Saudi government

Unfiltered on the Ground: Traveler Thoughts

Unfiltered on the Ground: Traveler Thoughts

Name: Masatoshi Nishimura Hometown: Osaka, Japan Present City: Toronto, Canada The political issues that people care about are so different. I guess that in North America and Europe they are very concerned about racism. Feminism is quite a big deal there too, the number of women CEOs and whatnot. I

Ongoing struggle for Japan's indigenous Ainu

Ongoing struggle for Japan's indigenous Ainu

Long before the culture of the Ainu people took root in the lands of northern Japan during the 12th-13th century, tiny deities known as korpokkur who lived inside pits underneath butterbur plant leaves would emerge in times of difficulty or distress, offering assistance and bearing gifts of food. Visiting under

Advocates condemn Japan’s harsh immigration laws

Advocates condemn Japan’s harsh immigration laws

In February this year, Wishma Sandamali wrote a letter pleading for help when she thought she lay dying. The Sri Lankan woman had arrived in Japan as a student in 2017, but was detained as an overstayer at the Nagoya Regional Immigration Services Bureau in late 2020 when she became

Aid worker Nahoko Takato continues her life work breaking cycles of violence

Aid worker Nahoko Takato continues her life work breaking cycles of violence