Ōsaka Naomi’s victory in the 2018 US Open tennis tournament set off intense discussion in the Japanese media and social networks about hāfu—a word deriving from “half,” meaning people with mixed roots ...

The fundamental problem is that the term lumps together a large group of people and marks them all out for different treatment—an example of othering. The othering shows in people’s gazes, their ...

Until about 10 years ago, the standard Japanese image of kids of mixed blood was that they were 1) gorgeous, 2) rich and 3) able to live in Japan with none of the kinks and hang out at Azabu clubs ...

HĀFU is Sai Clayton’s first solo exhibition, and it takes over the intimate West Nashville gallery space Random Sample with a singular point of view. The exhibition’s title references the Japanese ...