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Kondo and Kuyō: Disposal as a Religious Experience?

What's religious (and what's not) about KonMari?...

February 14, 2019

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Japanese Religions and the Issue of "Comfort Women"

Last month, Japan marked the 70 years which have passed since its World War II surrender to Allied Powers in 1945. Less known is that twenty-four years have passed since former Japanese military “comfort women” came forward for the first time and sue...

September 10, 2015