How much do you know about periods? Do you feel uncomfortable when talking about periods in public? The latest survey by Nikkei BP Intelligence Group suggests that male and female managers hinder the supportive workplace for women suffering from...
“The Full-Time Wife Escapist,” or “We Married as a Job” (original title: “Nigeru ha Haji daga Yaku ni Tatsu”), became a social phenomenon in 2016. Many audiences, including me, thought it was merely one of the trendy romcoms. However, this drama was...
“When he told me that he was pregnant, I unintentionally asked if it’s really mine.” “It’s usually the man asking that.” This is a subtle conversation between the main character’s female partner and her friend, and I think these two lines represent...
Ensen Marugoto, a joint-stock company between Satoyume and The East Japan Railway Company, has launched a new type of tourism called “mobility tourism.” This project aims to fully utilize tourism resources in Tokyo’s Okutama area. ‘Ensen Marugoto’...
QuatroGats (Ibaraki City, Osaka) collaborated with a famous Japanese food reporter Hikomaro (彦摩呂), to launch a bow tie made from a new vegan leather: mushroom leather. QuatroGats produces and sells leather wallets, luggage, accessories and...
Femcare brand MAPUTI run by lojus, Inc. (Tokyo, Shibuya Ward) produces a drama series “Yurei no kanojo to watashi no koi,” meaning falling in love with a ghost. The streaming started on its official Youtube and TikTok accounts for free from Friday...
A manufacturing company that tackles social problems, PENON Inc., has launched a sustainable pen called “Penon” at Books Kinokuniya, one of Japan’s largest retail booksellers. Penon is now available at Kinokuniya in Japan and its 15 branches...
“Ethical&SEA,” an organic select shop brand run by Flag Co., Ltd., and Select Co., Ltd. have decided to install Nishinomiya City’s first marine debris collecting device, “Seabin,” at Windward Ocean Club. Nishinomiya, in Hyogo Prefecture, is...
Buriizu Obu Eichi Co. has launched a craft vegan gelato brand “TUTTO” to produce 100% vegan gelato made from MYLK (a newly-made general term for plant-based milk including soy, almond and oat milk). TUTTO, which originated from the company’s gelato...
A Tokyo-based social welfare corporation, Azalee Group, has collaborated with the non-profit organization KultureCity (USA) to make their multipurpose community facility “A-Cube” accessible to those with sensory needs and invisible disabilities...