Like others in the Yao district of the Japanese port city, Masako is a descendant of the Burakumin, the caste once solely responsible for performing work connected with death, in jobs such as ...

How would you like it if you were the best candidate for a high-paying job but got turned down because your great-grandfather was an undertaker? Or how would you feel if, a few days before the big … ...

Today, official statistics put the number of burakumin at around 1.2 million, with unofficial estimates as high as 3 million. Despite the numbers, ... SIGN ME UP. THE JAPAN TIMES LTD.

About 900,000 Japanese with burakumin background lived in 4,442 ancestral villages in 1993, according to the most recent government survey. Rights groups estimate 2 million more live outside their ...

Burakumin had to follow a dress code and were restricted to living in special hamlets. Advertisement. ... 3:15 AM Trump signs order seeking to end federal funding for NPR and PBS. Advertisement ...

Like many in the abattoir because of his profession, Miyazaki is associated with the Burakumin, Japan's "untouchable" class. Burakumin, meaning "hamlet people", dates back to the feudal era.

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Like many in the abattoir because of his profession, Miyazaki is associated with the Burakumin, Japan's "untouchable" class. Burakumin, meaning "hamlet people", dates back to the feudal era.