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Seung-Woo Yang entered the universe of the Korean Yakuza in his teens. A personal tragedy made him start photographing the world, to cement his memories with his friends.

Thai academic Pavin Chachavalpongpun is a social media influencer and a fierce critic of the establishment. VICE World News speaks to him to find out why he challenges the most revered institutions in Thai society.

VICE World News speaks to former National fencer, Fumino Sugiyama, and National rugby team player, Airi Murakami, to find out why it’s hard to come out as a queer athlete in Japan.

VWN Host Hanako Montgomery travels to Okinawa, a former American territory, to find out why the term “Amejo” sparks controversy among Japanese women.

A guy in Japan is getting paid to do nothing and another is getting people to sell him their face. This and much more on our latest episode of "What in the World"

VICE World News reporter Hanako Montgomery visits Fukushima and speaks with local residents to see what has changed since the tsunami in 2011.

In Taiji, Japan, the dolphin hunting industry has shifted from killing dolphins for their meat to a more lucrative, but equally controversial industry—the capture of live animals for overseas "dolphin shows."

Rural Japan has been on a long, steady decline for decades, but the pandemic now has some plotting an escape from the cities.

Hostess bars have been singled out as one source of Japan's still spreading COVID-19 pandemic. Officials are warning people to stay away. Now, the hostesses themselves wonder how they will survive both the pandemic and the worst recession in years.

On Sunday, thousands took to the streets of Tokyo's Shibuya ward in Japan's largest Black Lives Matter protest to date. VICE News met with protesters to discuss how much work needs to still be done in Japan to end racism and discrimination.

Our host Julian begins his journey through Japan’s stunning Tohoku region.

Toshio Maeda drew tentacles as a way to circumvent Japan's strict censorship, and unwittingly created an entirely new genre—tentacle porn.