Japan has its own untouchables known as the burakumin. And antagonism to and discrimination against them persists, not least of which because the gangster yakuza mobs are largely recruited from ...

While the majority of members come from the burakumin, descendants of the outcast communities of feudal era Japan, ethnic Koreans are also a prominent part of the yakuza, as Japanese-born people ...

Caste is prevalent all over south Asia especially in India, Nepal and Bangladesh. The Burakumin in Japan and Korea, Osu of Nigeria and similar ‘untouchable’ communities in other west African nations ...

Take the Burakumin as another example. The minority group in Japan has faced systemic discrimination that stretches back centuries, rooted in their association with certain occupations deemed impure ...

It is inspired by the name "burakumin," which refers to 18th-century Japanese leatherworkers. This rich history is evident in Blackmeans' products, which include leather jackets and hand-mended ...

The peddlers belonged to the burakumin community, which was discriminated against as "impure." Hailing from Kagawa prefecture (west), they sold medicine along the Tone River. Mistaken for Koreans ...

the Burakumin; in Korea, the Baekjeong; in Nigeria, the Ohuhu and Osu, in Tibet, the Ragyabpa; in Yemen, the Al-Akhdam; in South Africa, the Bantus (Blacks) and the Coloureds; and in the United ...

In Seattle, where a new anti-caste discrimination law was passed in February, protections extend to a variety of communities, including the Roma people and the Burakumin of Japan. The measures ...

“My budget reflects what we can do to lift the burden on hardworking Americans,” Mr Biden said in a speech at a trade union hall in Philadelphia. “My budget plan is going to give people a ...

The Japanese avoid death and decaying meat. It's a religious and social taboo. That type of work still tends to be done by burakumin, such as funeral undertakers. And not enough burakumin qualify as ...