Buraku people didn`t have much contact with non-buraku people at that time, so they spoke slightly different. Today, as education and TV and radio are widely spread across the country, they speak ...

Japanese post-rock vets MONO have announced that they’re doing the soundtrack for the new documentary My Story, The Buraku Story. The announcement reads: My Story, The Buraku Story is a new ...

A high court ruling banning the publication of place names where “buraku” outcast communities are located has set new standards in the fight against deep-rooted discrimination and prejudice.

The public performances of Buraku groups inspire many non-Buraku children from the neighboring area to learn taiko. While they join the taiko group with virtually no knowledge about the Buraku history ...

For those who don't know — and you would be forgiven considering the lack of coverage the issue receives — a buraku is the term used to describe an area where some, but not all, of the ...

“My parents knew who was Buraku and who wasn’t just from their surname, but people of my generation don’t really think about it,” said Yoshiko Suzuki, 50, a mother of three.

"I asked whether she was aware of the buraku issue and she said, 'Yes,'" Takaiwa, who was born and raised in Tokyo, recalls. "She then said something that caught me off guard.

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Discrimination against the Buraku people continues today, especially in the areas of marriage and employment, despite the persistent anti-discrimination efforts, most prominently by the Buraku ...