Kumiko Makihara's work has appeared in the International Herald Tribune, the New York Times magazine, and Newsweek, as well as in the books Reimagining Japan and Tsunami: Japan's Post Fukushima Future. She previously was a reporter for Time Magazine and the Associated Press and a features editor at the Moscow Times.
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When her five-year-old son passed the rigorous entrance exams to one of Japan's top private elementary schools, Makihara, a single mother, thought they were on their way. Taro would wear the historic dark blue uniform and learn alongside other little Eins... SEE MORE