It was not the kind of letter any mother would want her child to see. “We all hate you,” it read. “No matter how many decades or centuries pass, we will continue to discriminate against you for ever.” ...

TOKYO — A daughter’s engagement is a time of joy for any proud father, but not for Ikuo Aoki. His daughter was thrown out of her boyfriend’s family home when the young couple went to announce their ...

I wish to thank you for the excellent article "Breaking the silence on burakumin" on Jan. 20. I work for the Buraku Liberation Center in Osaka and was featured in the ...

How would you like it if you were the best candidate for a high-paying job but got turned down because your great-grandfather was an undertaker? Or how would you feel if, a few days before the big ...

Overshadowed by the 11th-hour furor over casino legalization and other legislation forced through the Diet by the ruling bloc last week was the enactment of a lesser-known law that has significant ...

But the modern locations of the old villages are largely unknown to the general public, and many burakumin prefer it that way. not where I live, everyone knows which part of town they live in and who ...

People fishing in the Kamo river, Kyoto. Credit: Photo by Cristian Martini Grimaldi The braced steel frames are already in place and covered with grey panels. The new Kyoto University of the Arts is ...