Kurdish community in Japan and online hate

What can we do about online hate?

Three Kyodo News reporters — Toma Mochizuki, Eduardo Martinez and Peter Masheter — talk about the Kurdish community in Japan and the prejudice it has been facing in recent years. Listen as they discuss why hate speech toward the community has been growing and what it means for Japanese society.

Article mentioned in the podcast:

FEATURE: Hate speech bringing unwanted focus on Japan’s Kurdish community

Kyodo News presents a bilingual podcast for English learners about the ins and outs of news writing and how to translate tricky Japanese phrases into English. Have fun listening to journalists discuss recent articles as they occasionally go off on unrelated tangents.

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