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Japan s film industry has huge gender gap, likely due to harassment, long working hours
July 11, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
This photo shows the founders of the Japanese Film Project (clockwise from left): Erina Ito, Tatsuhito Utagawa, and Takashi Nishihara. TOKYO Over the past 20 years, only 25 women have directed a hit Japanese film. Japan ranked 120th in the latest Global Gender Gap Report, and a survey has revealed that the country s film industry, overwhelmingly male-dominated, is no exception. The survey was conducted by the Japanese Film Project (JFP), a nonprofit organization founded by filmmaker Tatsuhito Utagawa, director Takashi Nishihara, and journalist Erina Ito to study gender inequality and working conditions in Japanese film production and to make policy recommendations.
Ashita no Joe manga creator s new work tells of war stories, career-threatening injury
July 5, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
This July 2020 file photo shows Tetsuya Chiba. In the background is an illustration of Joe Yabuki, the main character of his manga series Ashita no Joe. (Mainichi/Kimi Takeuchi) TOKYO It s been 65 years since the debut of Ashita no Joe ( Tomorrow s Joe ) manga artist Chiba Tetsuya, and his latest work has recently been released an autobiographical collection of short comics depicting the progress of postwar Japan from an ordinary person s perspective. In his new collection Tetsuya Chiba Short Stories, published by Shogakukan Inc., he also reveals the truth behind an incident that put his life as a manga artist in jeopardy. The Mainichi Shimbun interviewed him online and heard his thoughts on the work.
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The story of Eiji Sawamura, the Japan baseball ace lost in sunk WWII transport ship
May 3, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Eiji Sawamura is seen in Hubei province, China, during the war in 1939, in this provided photo. TOKYO Japan s Eiji Sawamura Award, given annually to the top starting pitcher in the Nippon Professional Baseball league, owes its name to a brilliant hurler who had legends, including America s famous player Babe Ruth, swinging at air during a U.S. team visit to Japan before World War II. But even with his talents, Eiji Sawamura (1917-1944) was conscripted three times, serving in the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. He lost his life when a transport ship he was aboard was sunk by U.S. submarines. The Mainichi Shimbun looks back at his life and the circumstances that led to his death in the war.