⚖️ The Hard Questions
捕鯨・死刑・入管など、必ず聞かれるのに教材が避けてきた話題。事実と制度を示し、賛否は日本国内でも割れていると伝える型
25 entriesTap a title to open the full entry: three lengths of English explanation, the questions people actually ask, ready-made phrases and audio.
- BuddhismStandard declining temple membership檀家離れthe modern trend of families cutting formal ties to their household's Buddhist temple
- Life EventsStandard married surnames夫婦の姓why couples must share one name
- Modern JapanStandard gender gapジェンダーギャップwhy Japan ranks low on gender equality despite high education levels
- Modern JapanStandard yakuzaヤクザorganized crime in Japan, and why the offices have nameplates
- Modern JapanStandard karoshi過労死death from overwork, and the law Japan wrote because of it
- Modern JapanStandard whaling捕鯨why Japan resumed commercial whaling, and how little whale is actually eaten
- Seasons & NatureStandard senjo kosuitai線状降水帯the linear rainband that causes Japan's worst flash flooding
- School LifeStandard hensachi高校の偏差値the deviation score used to rank Japanese schools by difficulty
- School LifeStandard chugaku juken中学受験taking an entrance exam to enter a private or elite junior high school
- School LifeStandard bukatsu training camp部活の合宿the multi-day training camp a school club holds, often in summer
- HistoryAdvanced kimigayo君が代the national anthem, and why it is argued about
- Modern JapanAdvanced the Ainuアイヌthe indigenous people of northern Japan, recognized in law only in 2019
- Modern JapanAdvanced US bases in Okinawa沖縄の米軍基地why most US military facilities in Japan are on one small island
- Modern JapanAdvanced Japanese only signs外国人お断りwhy some businesses refuse foreign customers, and what the law does and does not say
- Modern JapanAdvanced technical intern training技能実習と育成就労the foreign worker program Japan is replacing after years of criticism
- Modern JapanAdvanced textbook screening教科書検定と歴史認識how Japanese textbooks are approved, and why neighboring countries react
- Modern JapanAdvanced nuclear power in Japan原発と再稼働what happened to Japan's reactors after 2011, and where policy stands now
- Modern JapanAdvanced kodokushi孤独死dying alone and not being found
- Modern JapanAdvanced imperial succession皇位継承who can become emperor, and the shortage of people who qualify
- Modern JapanAdvanced capital punishment死刑why Japan still has capital punishment, and how it is carried out
- Modern JapanAdvanced same-sex marriage同性婚why Japan has partnership systems in most cities but no legal marriage
- Modern JapanAdvanced refugee recognition難民認定why Japan recognizes so few refugees, and what changed in 2023
- Modern JapanAdvanced immigration detention入管の収容why Japan can hold people without a time limit or a court order
- Modern JapanAdvanced buraku discrimination部落差別discrimination against people linked to certain communities, based on ancestry alone
- Modern JapanAdvanced Yasukuni Shrine靖国神社the Tokyo shrine for Japan's war dead, and why prime ministers' visits are disputed