Like others in the Yao district of the Japanese port city, Masako is a descendant of the Burakumin ... the country’s attitude to what some call hinin, or sub-humans, has not changed – and ...

Some words that were not allowed in Black and White, like "hinin", are oddly enough allowed ... (urine), kojiki (begger), dojin (native), burakumin (Burakumin are an outcast group in Japan ...

shine (die), rorikon (Lolita Complex), kichigai (lunatic), tsunbo (deaf person), buraku (Buraku are an outcast group in Japan), hinin (lowest rank of the Japanese feudal cast), ketou (hairy ...

Today, official statistics put the number of burakumin at around 1.2 million, with unofficial estimates as high as 3 million. Despite the numbers, the issue is something of a taboo in Japan ...

We have to protect them." Like many in the abattoir because of his profession, Miyazaki is associated with the Burakumin, Japan's "untouchable" class. Burakumin, meaning "hamlet people", dates ...

But critics fear the law doesn't go far enough. Here are some basic questions and answers about the burakumin and the new law. In a time of both misinformation and too much information ...