Nina Li Coomes is a Japanese and American writer living in Chicago. When my sister and I were growing up in Nagoya, Japan, our mother would sometimes bring us to Tsuruma Park after school to let us ...

Japan has entered a new political era. For the first time in its modern history, the country has chosen a woman to lead it. Sanae Takaichi, a 64-year-old conservative, has won 237 out of 465 votes in ...