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Waka Konohana

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A Tokyo-based freelance journalist. Nikkei Asia, The Japan Times, Newsweek, President, Shukan Kinyobi, VOGUE, ELLE, Madame Figaro, Huffpost...

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Waka Konohana @wakakonohana.bsky.social · Jan 3

The weak yen has boosted #Japan 's #sextourism but at a cost. My article examines how the normalization of adult services and harmful stereotypes of Japanese women are driven by both societal attitudes and legal frameworks that permit commodification #hentai
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From geisha to oshikatsu, toxic tropes fuel sex industry

It isn't only the foreign gaze that produces stereotypes of Japanese women as submissive and promiscuous. Local laws and cultural norms play just as important a role.

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Waka Konohana

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I am happy to share my article on Shiori Ito's #blackboxdiaries. I am fascinated by the phenomenon of how theaters in Japan react to critically acclaimed films that "break the rules". I see a similar pattern with Openheimer and Unbroken.

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Why an Oscar-nominated film has been met with silence in Japan

Shiori Ito's 'Black Box Diaries' goes against the grain in a collectivist society

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January 31, 2025 at 7:11 AM

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Japan's double standards on sexual and reproductive health services

Erectile dysfunction drugs fast-tracked, but hard to get emergency contraception

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December 18, 2024 at 1:00 AM

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Rionne “Fujiwara” McAvoy

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本日は「取り残された人々」のドキュメンタリーシリーズ第二弾のキックオフでした。フリーランスジャーナリスト此花わか様と素晴らしいインタビューができました！Back in the saddle and starting interviews for the second film in the series. Thank you to freelance journalist Waka Konohana for being the first interviewee for our new doc in the Ones Left Behind series.

December 7, 2024 at 1:02 AM

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From geisha to oshikatsu, toxic tropes fuel sex industry

As Japan’s economy struggles under the weight of the weak yen, the depleted currency has in parallel attracted record numbers of overseas visitors, with Tokyo emerging as a globally recognized red-light destination — with some drawing…

From geisha to oshikatsu, toxic tropes fuel sex industry

As Japan’s economy struggles under the weight of the weak yen, the depleted currency has in parallel attracted record numbers of overseas visitors, with Tokyo emerging as a globally recognized red-light destination — with some drawing comparisons to Thailand’s Pattaya, long associated with sex tourism. Through social media, influencers have inadvertently popularized the seediest parts of Tokyo’s nightlife, often reinforcing harmful stereotypes of Japanese women as submissive, sexually permissive and exotic.

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December 30, 2024 at 6:50 AM

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profstephennagy.bsky.social

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An important article that addresses the intersection of orientalism, women, post WW2 law in Japan, weak yen and the sex business. More needs to be done to combat this.

January 3, 2025 at 11:51 PM

Waka Konohana

@wakakonohana.bsky.social

From geisha to oshikatsu, toxic tropes fuel sex industry

It isn't only the foreign gaze that produces stereotypes of Japanese women as submissive and promiscuous. Local laws and cultural norms play just as important a role.

japantimes.co.jp

January 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM

Waka Konohana

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I’m thrilled to share my first article for Nikkei Asia, titled “Japan's double standards on sexual and reproductive health services　Erectile dysfunction drugs fast-tracked, but hard to get emergency contraception.”

#japan #morningafterpills #SRHR #genderequality #ED

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