“Japan’s untouchables”
<p>In Japan there is a minority people who have been outcasts for more than 200 years, yet they remain little-known in the rest of the world. KS contributing writer Brett Hetherington spoke with *Kohei, of the Buraku Liberation Organisation in Kyoto to report on how burakumin lives are today.</p>
<p><strong>Who are the buraku?</strong></p>
<p>While the word buraku can be literally translated as “area people” or “district people” this only hints at their separation from Japanese society. The topic of the buraku is rarely discussed in public. Also called dowa, or more politely eta, they are racially the same as other Japnese people but were given a different status under a Tokugawar-era decision to formailise the social classes that existed at that time.</p>
<p><a href="https://bretthetherington.medium.com/japans-untouchables-a22d23ae7c6f"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>