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Letter From Shibuya, Tokyo: When Home Is an Internet Cafe

A 2007 government survey offers a glimpse into the lives of Internet cafe refugees: In Tokyo, 58 percent of them are short-term day laborers, and most of them get just enough part-time work to earn a living.

Joshua Hunt

A keeper clad in a Santa Claus costume feeds Magellanic penguins in a water tank as part of Christmas events at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise amusement park in Yokohama, a suburb of Tokyo, on December 5th, 2017.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Swimming With Santa—and Penguins

A keeper clad in a Santa Claus costume feeds Magellanic penguins in a water tank as part of Christmas events at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise amusement park.

Pacific Standard Staff

Birds fly past as Marine One, with President Donald Trump on board, lands on the South Lawn of the White House on December 21st, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

News in Brief

The Week in Photos: Christmas Celebrations in Japan and Brexit Protests in London

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

Pacific Standard Staff

People admire Christmas illuminations along the Meguro River in Tokyo, Japan, on December 17th, 2017. The illuminations, which encompass some 500,000 LED lights, will be displayed until December 24th.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Christmas Celebrations in Tokyo

Bystanders admire a Christmas display along the Meguro River in Tokyo, Japan, on December 17th, 2017.

Pacific Standard Staff

A Japanese cattle dealer checks beef meat before an auction at the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Meat Market on July 26th, 2006.

Environment

Beef, Climate Change, and the Future of International Trade Agreements

Across the globe, beef consumption is seeing rapid growth, fed by cheap imports and served by an industrialized agricultural global trade model that's been linked to a host of environmental impacts, climate change chief among them.

Sean Mowbray

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's newly elected lower house parliament member Takeaki Matsumoto celebrates his victory with supporters on October 22nd, 2017, in Himeji, Japan. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's party is expected to win with a two-thirds majority, according to media reports.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: A General Election in Japan

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's newly elected lower house parliament member Takeaki Matsumoto celebrates his victory with supporters on October 22nd, 2017, in Himeji, Japan.

Pacific Standard Staff