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Following last issue’s expat wives feature is an exploration of a different and lesser-known breed—Tokyo’s stay-at-home dads. These gentlemen have often given up high-powered jobs to take care of the kids, and have teamed up with each other to make life easier.

We’ve all heard plenty about Japan’s declining birthrate, but are the figures splashed over the media and trumpeted by politicians telling the whole story? M. Kelly, an anthropology graduate investigating the topic, gives her view.

Prize-winning author Banana Yoshimoto’s latest work—newly published in English—explores trauma and realization, love and neurosis, and why they f*ck you up, your mum and dad.

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