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How 'Reiwa moms' are reshaping motherhood in Japan

I always felt that you could get a sense of the Western mother by how she’s depicted on television. From the idealized perfection of Carol Brady on “The Brady Bunch” in the 1970s to the more authentic imperfection of Roseanne Conner on “Roseanne” in the 1990s, American sitcoms always seemed to be where “mom” lived. And in the U.K., mums seemed more complicated, on soap operas like “EastEnders” and “Coronation Street.”

Art and architecture come together at Simose Art Museum

As far as museum architecture goes, the Simose Art Museum in Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture, stands out, echoing the landscape of its inspiration, the Setouchi islands, which play host to their own influential triennale.

Toko Jinno: 'Eating fish is common in Japan, but the lives of fishers are not so well-known'

In Japanese, the word "senjō kameraman" typically translates to “battlefield cameraman,” but Toko Jinno, 35, uses another reading of the word senjō, “aboard a ship,” to describe her work as a photographer documenting the lives of Hokkaido’s fishermen.

Abe faction's ex-treasurer pleads guilty to underreporting political funds

Junichiro Matsumoto, the former treasurer of the Liberal Democratic Party faction once led by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, pleaded guilty in court on Friday to underreporting political funds totaling ¥670 million ($4.3 million) in the period from 2018 to 2022.