Articles for the Japan Times​

 

 

 

How remote working is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan, The Japan Times, July 14, 2025

 

 

 

Arunima Mazumdar: ‘Japanese literature has a niche but deeply engaged readership in India’, The Japan Times, April 26, 2025

 

 

 

For Japanese companies in India, local staff are an invaluable resource, The Japan Times, August 29,2024 

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​ Why is India failing to protect its women? The Japan Times, March 15, 2024

 

 

 

 

How patriarchy perpetuates among Tokyo’s Indian migrants, The Japan Times, January 3, 2024

 

 

 

 

 Beating the odds - on Japan’s controversial foreign trainee program, The Japan Times, December 18, 2023

 

 

 

Japan needs Indians. How can it attract them? The Japan Times, November 6, 2023

 

 

 

 

For one dancer, the Mohiniyattam became a step to unlocking a whole new world, The Japan Times, October 25, 2021

 

 

 

Discriminatory re-entry ban scars Indian migrants’ love for Japan, Medium, June 28, 2021

 

 

 

 

‘Immigrant Japan’: An expansive account of the migrant experience, a book review, The Japan Times, March 20, 2021

 

 

 

Keerthana Mariappan: ‘People recognize the potential of India as an economic and cultural partner’, The Japan Times, September 13, 2020

 

 

 

 

 Rev. Cyril Veliath: ‘As Indians, we have plenty to be proud of’, The Japan Times, August 23, 2020

 

 

 

 

Re-entry ban horror stories pile up in Japan’s Indian community, The Japan Times, August 10, 2020

 

 

 

Pandemic leaves Indian cooks in Japan dependent on bosses and the state, The Japan Times, June 21, 2020

 

 

 

Yogendra ‘Yogi’ Puranik – The first Indian voice in Tokyo politics, The Japan Times, February 6, 2020

 

 

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An Indian take on Japanese film, The Japan Times, March 18, 2020

 

 

 

 

Indian women in Japan struggle to find their niche, The Japan Times, October 28, 2018

 

 

 

 

Chandru G. Advani, 1924-2018: ‘Uncle’ to Japan’s Indian community, The Japan Times, 

 March 21, 2018

 

 

 

Surviving sexual assault in Japan, then victimized again, The Japan Times, September 28, 2017 (co-authored with Ben Stubbings)

 

 

 

 

How Modi-Abe bonhomie is giving a boost to India-Japan ties, The Mail Today, India, August 26, 2016

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Sikhs hope temple in Tokyo sets the stage for tolerance and understanding, The Japan Times, August 25, 2016

 

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​​Indians in Japan: A love story beset with challenges, The Japan Times, June 17, 2015