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Paid to Flirt in Japan

More and more young Japanese women aspire to work as hostesses in bars. Experts say this popularity reflects a lack of professional opportunities for Japanese women.

Papua New Guinea: The Gas Boom

A project run by ExxonMobil to supply China and Japan with liquefied gas for the next 30 years is changing life in Papua New Guinea with wildly inequitable results for local people.

Japan's Jobs Crisis

Shiho Fukada documents the lives of disposable workers in Japan in stories that illustrate the global unemployment crisis.

Japan: Hardship After Suicide

In Japan more than 30,000 people have committed suicide every year since 1997. Yet the stigma associated with suicide is so strong that many family members wait years before they will discuss it.

Inside Japan Inc.: Suicide as Salvation

"I just feel irritated, exhausted and disgusted," Naoya Nishigaki wrote before committing suicide in 2006. "I know the cause of my depression is definitely work."