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A thorough breach of the norms

Karen J. Greenberg: Subtle Tools. The Dismantling of American Democracy from the War on Terror to Donald Trump

USA: Donald Trump broke down established norms and led democracy astray, but he would never have reached this far, if the groundwork had not been laid by others – this new tradition of imprecise wording, secrecy and dodgy methods.
Hans Henrik Fafner -

Japanese women's views on life, gender roles and society

Anne-Stine Johnsbråten (photo): Good Wife, Wise Mother

PHOTO: Japanese women struggle between traditional gender roles, an expectation of work effort and reproduction while maintaining the role of "good wife, wise mother".
Patricia Sequeira Brás -

Daisaku Ikeda's Peace Proposal for 2019

PROHIBITION: The world's largest Buddhist peace movement supports the initiative to ban the development and use of autonomous weapons and proposes to establish a group of friends for the ban on nuclear weapons.
Lene Grimstad -

Cursed!

ENVIRONMENT: New Extinction Rebellion should be taken seriously.
Truls Lie -

The anatomy of the neo-nationalist women's hat

Miki Dezaki: Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue

: Why are some people in positions of power so preoccupied with silencing the women who demand justice for the sex work they were forced to perform during World War II?
Nina Trige Andersen -

A sense of living in a time when the world is dying

Sayaka Murata: Convenience Store Woman

: How can the story of the employee in a grocery store captivate so many readers worldwide?
Alexander Carnera -

Sharing the rhythm of each step

Kari Gjæver Pedersen and Christine Istad: How to get to Nirvana without dying first

: A different travelogue about two Norwegian women who embark on a monumental pilgrimage in Japan. On the way to 88 Shingon temples, they will release one mental block at a time – the goal is redemption.
Ellen Lande -

Soreness among strangers

Koi Oda: Toward A Common Tenderness

: A suggestive tribute to the golden age of avant-garde film draws me straight in with its hypnotic soundscape – Japanese children's song, piano and a narrator's voice. But then!
Ellen Lande -

Movies from the East

: Horror, anime, samurai film, experiment, costume drama, monster film and softcore porn – all Japanese films are in tension between East and West.
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