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Unfiltered Japan

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Unfiltered is an independent, grassroots platform focusing on features, analysis, and longform investigations. We dig into underreported stories to convey to […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ social.coop/@Unfiltered_Coop, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Unfiltered Japan @unfiltered-coop.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 13h

A growing number of of Japanese-Americans have been moving to Japan on the back of stronger dollar and Japan's healthcare system, including social media influencer and mixed race Japanese Cyberbunny, who couldn't afford medication in the US. However, amidst immigration policies tightening under […]

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Unfiltered Japan @unfiltered-coop.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

メディアは社会の公器として市民の知る権利に応え、権力を監視する義務を負う。その役割が果たせないことは、深刻な結果を招きかねない。日本の代表的な放送局であるNHK（日本放送協会）は、視聴料金を支払う視聴者のために求められる役割を果たしているのだろうかーー。ときとして浮上するこの問い。その背景でなにが起こっているのか、David McNeill 記者が検証する。 #tokyo #japan #nhk #news www.unfiltered.coop/nhk-jp

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NHKは公に奉仕する日本の公共放送局なのか

いかなる民主主義社会においても、メディアの根本的な役割は、権力の乱用を監視し公の利益のために機能することにあるはずだ。それには多大な努力と勇気が求められる。近年NHKはその役割を怠り、単に政府や権力者の代弁者にすぎないと批判されつつある。その背景を検証する。

Unfiltered Japan @unfiltered-coop.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

This week, we're happy to share a piece by Taiwan-based writers Michelle Kuo and Albert Wun on a documentary about Taiwanese soldiers and prisoners of wars who served under Imperial Japan during World War II. Released in early September in Japan, Memories Frozen in Time is a new documentary […]

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Unfiltered Japan @unfiltered-coop.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

With art being heavily censored in Indonesia, Adwitiyo Purnomo has been a centerpiece for allowing young domestic and international artists to thrive in Tokyo’s art communities as he lowers art barriers through his diverse exhibitions. His two main exhibitions — Rumpun and Dai Dai Archive — […]

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Unfiltered Japan @unfiltered-coop.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

Catch Part 3 of @DavidMcNeill NHK series. The failure of the media to be a public watchdog can have profound consequences. On a day-to-day level, debate about complex issues: historical fidelity, relations with Japan’s three biggest neighbors, the possibility of conflict with China – is […]

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Unfiltered Japan @unfiltered-coop.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026

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Unfiltered Japan @unfiltered-coop.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026

Japan has seen a significant decline of bookstores due to structural distortions in the publishing industry. In this latest Unfiltered piece, Sakiko Machida uncovers the reality of the Honya (bookstore) BREAD & ROSES, an independent bookstore that has been struggling to maintain its space. In […]

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Unfiltered Japan @unfiltered-coop.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2026

In #nagoya one woman, and longtime Japanese resident — has been protesting outside the Chinese consulate, fighting to raise awareness of her mother and sister, who have been denied healthcare and subject to violence and other human rights violations in her hometown in #changzhou China. Their […]

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Unfiltered Japan @unfiltered-coop.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026

In his multi-part series, @DavidMcNeill questions whether Japan’s biggest broadcaster actually serves the public who pay for it. Read more here 👉 www.unfiltered.coop/nhk-part-1 #Tokyo #Japan #NHK #news #features

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NHK: Does Japan’s powerful public service broadcaster serve the public?

In recent years NHK has been accused of being simply a mouthpiece for the government and for the powerful.

Unfiltered Japan @unfiltered-coop.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026

Kyoto recorded 55 days of extreme heat last year. That’s not just climate change, but urban design and policy choices. In this piece, @nithincoca.com and Lewis Miesen explores how green space could create a more beautiful, resilient, and cooler Kyoto. This piece is available in both English and […]

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Unfiltered Japan @unfiltered-coop.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 26/03/2026

In our latest piece, the Unfiltered team sat down with Unfiltered journalist member Joan Bailey, and two of our supporters, Rich Bailey and Matt Noyes about their responses to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in their hometowns in Portage, Wisconsin and Colorado Springs, Colorado […]

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Unfiltered Japan @unfiltered-coop.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 04/03/2026

@chiematsumoto の最新ジェンダー・コラムでは、外国語学習アプリの中の仮想社会が、現実を追い抜いてジェンダー平等を実現しつつあることに言及する。初の女性首相が就任したとはいえ、日本はジェンダー・アップデートがAIに追いつくのだろうか。それとも現実社会に影響を与えうる数千万のユーザーによって、平等が実現するのを待つしかないのだろうか。 www.unfiltered.coop/gender-virtual-… #GenderEquality #Leadership #Japan

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仮想社会のジェンダー平等

仮想空間において、望ましい社会を作り、そこに世界の何億人ものユーザーがアクセスしたら、現実のほうが仮想社会が作る理想像に近づくことがあるかもしれない。

Unfiltered Japan @unfiltered-coop.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 12/02/2026

Iceland has topped the World Economic Forum’s gender equality rankings for the last 16 years. In our latest article, Joan Bailey explores insights from Secrets of the Sprakkar by Eliza Reid, which blends interviews with women across politics, business, agriculture, and the arts to understand how […]

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Unfiltered Japan @unfiltered-coop.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 23/01/2026

In our latest piece, Aviraj Gokool uncovers how toxic masculinity in Japan is affecting the LGTBQ community and same sex marriage. These deep rooted ideas of toxic masculinity shamed members in the community for expressing themselves, not building a family, and essentially not living up to what […]

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Unfiltered Japan @unfiltered-coop.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 22/11/2025

日本の新聞はどれを読んでも似た見出しと似た中身。読書はニュースに興味を失っている。その原因は、日本の報道界が多様性に欠けているからだ。東京大学副学長でメディア研究者の林香里氏はこう警鐘を鳴らす。林氏が提唱するケアのジャーナリズムとは何か、メディアが多様性を持つことはどれほど大事か。知りたい人はぜひ有賀獏嶺が書いたアンフィルターの最新記事をチェックしよう！ www.unfiltered.coop/care-journalism… #japan #media #ethicalreporting #journalism

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ケアのジャーナリズム、日本に必要

メディア研究の林香里氏「当事者の声引き出し、読者に共感の輪を

Unfiltered Japan @unfiltered-coop.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 01/11/2025

Check out @chiematsumoto's article on how Google Japan workers can rely on strong protections under local labor law — protections that their U.S. counterparts often lack. “I would have lost my job if I had been in Singapore or the US… But in Japan I can fight back.” If you're interested in how […]

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Unfiltered Japan @unfiltered-coop.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 30/10/2025

Read Mone Arika's newly translated #Unfiltered piece which details writer and artist Véronique Tadjo's talk at the University of Tokyo in March 2023. Tadjo reflects on the shared humanity behind tragedy and how literature can help societies heal after conflict. Her perspective on the Rwandan […]

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Unfiltered Japan @unfiltered-coop.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2025

Through the help of Nina-Arica and other organizations , #Hiroshima will have their first ever #pride parade on October 11, 2025, with the parade taking place at 2pm. 🏳️‍🌈 With a large-scale pride parade happening outside of bigger cities like #Tokyo and #Osaka the #LGBTQ community in #Japan […]

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Unfiltered Japan @unfiltered-coop.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2025

For Unfiltered, @ncoca dives into how polluting palm oil power plants harms local communities, and the powerful movement that has, so far, successfully prevented two projects from being built. Harvesting palm oil also means #deforestation and land‑use change in #SoutheastAsia especially […]

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Unfiltered Japan @unfiltered-coop.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2025

アンフィルタードでニシン・コカ (@ncoca)は、汚染を招くパーム油発電所が地域社会に与える被害と、これまでに二つのプロジェクト建設を阻止した市民運動の実態に迫る。パーム油の収穫は東南アジアにおける森林破壊と土地利用変化 — 特に泥炭地でのプランテーション開発 — を意味し、大量の温室効果ガスを排出している。日本とその近隣諸国に及ぼす短期的・長期的な影響について、詳細を記事にした www.unfiltered.coop/palm-oil-power-… #unfiltered #japan #enviornment #palmoil […]

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