NAGORO, Japan — The last children were born in the remote mountain village of Nagoro 18 years ago. Now, just over two dozen adults live in this outpost straddling a river on the Japanese island of Shikoku. The elementary school closed its doors in 2012, shortly after the last two students completed sixth grade. But on a recent bright autumn Sunday, Tsukimi Ayano brought the school back to life. It
For two decades, women have accounted for about 20 percent of enrollment at the University of Tokyo. The gender disparity extends across many top schools.Credit...Andrea DiCenzo for The New York Times TOKYO — From a young age, Satomi Hayashi studied hard and excelled academically. It seemed only natural that she would follow in her father’s footsteps and attend the University of Tokyo, Japan’s mos
A window of the vehicle that was attacked while carrying Dr. Tetsu Nakamura, a Japanese medic and honorary Afghan citizen, in Jalalabad on Wednesday.Credit...Parwiz Parwiz/Reuters JALALABAD, Afghanistan — The people he helped called him “Uncle Murad.” Dr. Tetsu Nakamura left his home in Japan in the 1980s to treat leprosy patients in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He later found, however, that severe d
He called for a stronger military and a larger global role for Japan and was one of the few Japanese leaders to win recognition on the world stage. In 1986, Yasuhiro Nakasone, left, then Japan’s prime minister, delivered a congratulatory address at a ceremony in Tokyo marking the 30th anniversary of Japan’s admission to the United Nations. Alongside him were Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michi
TOKYO — Ikuo Sato stood in front of a Tokyo court in April and told the world he was gay. To a packed room, he described the anxiety he had felt as a young man, struggling to express his sexuality in Japan’s restrictive society. If the law is changed to allow same-sex marriage, he said, perhaps “we’ll make a society where the next generation doesn’t have to feel that way.” Somewhere in the courtro
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