Tobias Waters

One question that we often receive here at JGG, in one form another, is — to put it delicately — “where can I meet other...

Anime has a somewhat chequered history when it comes to representation of transgender people (as has the vast majority of mass media). However, there have...

If you’ve ever been to Japan, or even just seen Japan and Japanese people depicting on screen or on the page, you may be familiar...

Anime regularly ventures into a number of fantastical situations. As almost anyone knows, these can include pirates eating magical fruits, alien martial artists, and even...

At the end of November 2025, the movement for marriage equality in Japan suffered a significant setback, as the Tokyo High Court has issued a...

We’ve mentioned bara manga before, and as a genre it has become very popular among western audiences, despite its uniquely Japanese aesthetics. So if you...

So you’ve finally made it to Japan! You’ve passed through immigration, left the airport, and even your phone has automatically updated its time to JST!...

As the year comes to an end, many of us will be thinking about the various things we have seen and done this year that...

Femboys are hugely popular on social media these days, which begs the question: what is femboy culture like in Japan, and what are Japanese femboys?...

Maid cafes have become on of Tokyo’s most famous attractions. If you’ve spent any time researching things to do in the city, you’ve almost certainly...