Society
Osaka Station blocks draw "exclusion art" criticism as experts trace a wider design trend
Osaka says the blocks installed outside JR Osaka Station this summer were not aimed at homeless people. A Tohoku University professor who visited the site calls them "primitive exclusion design" and points to similar structures in Nagoya, Shibuya and parks nationwide.
Tokyo Shimbun Curbs Reporter Mochizuki's Outside Work With YouTube Ban
The paper is reviewing the freedom it has given reporter Isoko Mochizuki after a book she appeared in was pulled from sale, and staff say past leaders were too lenient.
Tokyo Metropolitan University ordered to fix unpaid overtime for contract faculty
The Adachi labor standards office issued the correction order over unpaid overtime for a specially appointed teacher, and the university was also told in September to properly track part-time lecturers' hours.
Quake leaves uneven stretch on Kyushu Expressway as drivers report jolts
NEXCO West Japan says the uneven surface is a stopgap repair, with full restoration to a road with no bumps still to come.
Parents warn new plan for school refusers leaves the most isolated children behind
A national network of parents says a proposed special curriculum that only reaches children well enough to attend support centers would draw an unfair line between those it helps and those it does not.
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